NFL draft
North CarolinaTar Heels
The last 5 drafts, newest on the right. A draft year runs one behind its football season — the 2026 draft is the 2025 team.
Selections per draft
17 across 5 draftsCounted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.
Selections by position
17 across 2001–2005Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 7 · Defense 10.
2001
2000 Carl Torbush
4 selections
- 2-04Alge Crumpler—No recruiting profile foundTight End
- 3-08Sedrick Hodge—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
- 4-15Brandon Spoon—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
- 7-05Dauntae' Finger—No recruiting profile foundTight End
2002
2001 John Bunting
6 selections
- 1-02Julius Peppers—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 1-06Ryan Sims—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
- 4-08David Thornton—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
- 7-08Joey Evans—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 7-24Ronald Curry—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
- 7-34Quincy Monk—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
2003
2002 John Bunting
1 selection
- 4-30Sam Aiken—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
2004
2003 John Bunting
3 selections
- 4-17Dexter Reid—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 4-28Michael Waddell—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 5-14Jeb Terry—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
2005
2004 John Bunting
3 selections
- 4-23Jason Brown—No recruiting profile foundCenter
- 5-21Gerald Sensabaugh—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
- 7-37Madison Hedgecock—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 0 of 17 picks in this range could be matched: CFBD's links between draft picks and recruiting profiles thin out before the 2013 draft and are absent before 2009, so an em dash here usually means the link is missing rather than that the player was unrated.