Roster
North CarolinaTar Heels
Players
33
Rated recruits
3
9% of the roster
Average stars
3.67
Among rated players only
Transfers in
0
Matched by name to the portal
33 players13 of 33 have recorded statistics in 2008 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2008, marked career, at every school they have played for.
Offense
Quarterbacksby position, then this season's passing yards2
- —No recruiting profile foundQB13T.J. Yates6'4"2yr1,168 Pass yds11 TD4 Int60.0 Cmp%-67 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB7Mike Paulus—1yr33 Pass yds0 TD2 Int30.8 Cmp%-13 Rush yds
Running backsby position, then this season's rushing yards2
- —No recruiting profile foundFB4Bobby Rome—3yr8 Rec65 Rec yds8.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB6Anthony Elzy5'10"2yr3 Car5 Rush yds0 TD1.7 Rush avg7 Rec86 Rec yds12.3 Rec avg
Receiversby position, then this season's receiving yards1
- 44-star recruitWR8Greg Little6'3"2yr11 Rec146 Rec yds0 TD13.3 Rec avg
Tight endsby position, then who's played2
- 44-star recruitTE33Christian Wilson6'3"1yr2 Rec19 Rec yds0 TD9.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE80Ed Barham6'3"2yrcareer 1 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
Defense
Linebackersby position, then this season's interceptions2
- —No recruiting profile foundLB52Quan Sturdivant6'2"2yr2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB54Bruce Carter6'3"2yr1 Int
Defensive backsby position, then who's played5
- —No recruiting profile foundCB16Kendric Burney5'9"2yr3 Int
- 33-star recruitCB12Charles Brown5'10"2yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS27Deunta Williams6'2"2yr3 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS25Matt Merletti5'11"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS21Da'Norris Searcy6'0"2yr
Specialistsby position, then recruiting1
- —No recruiting profile foundPK11Casey Barth5'11"1yr10 FG15 FGA42 Long63 Pts
Position not listedby position, then recruiting18
- —No recruiting profile found?32Ryan Houston6'2"2yr
- —No recruiting profile found?34Johnny White5'10"2yr
- —No recruiting profile found?20Shaun Draughn6'0"1yr
- —No recruiting profile found?19Trase Jones6'0" · 1951yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Trimane Goddard—4yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Brandon Tate—4yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Brooks Foster—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Hakeem Nicks—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Cameron Sexton—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Kenton Thornton—3yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Terrence Brown—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Mark Paschal—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Zach Pianalto—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Richard Quinn—2yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Cooter Arnold—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Marvin Austin Jr.—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Anthony Parker-Boyd—1yr
- —No recruiting profile found——Jay Wooten—1yr
Most of this roster has no recruiting profile. CFBD's athlete links thin out going backwards — roughly two-thirds of a 2026 roster can be matched against about one in twenty of a 2004 one — so an em dash here usually means no profile was found rather than a player nobody rated. Hover a star to see which.