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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.

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2008–2012

Selections per draft

20 across 5 drafts

Counted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.

25292

Selections by position

20 across 2008–2012

Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 9 · Defense 11.

Draft selections by position group across 2008–2012: Quarterbacks 1, Running backs 1, Receivers 4, Tight ends 2, Offensive line 1, Defensive line 6, Linebackers 4, Defensive backs 1

2008

2007 Butch Davis

2 selections

  1. 1-29Kentwan Balmer—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
  2. 7-14Hilee Taylor—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker

2009

2008 Butch Davis

5 selections

  1. 1-29Hakeem Nicks—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  2. 2-32Richard Quinn—No recruiting profile foundTight End
  3. 3-19Brandon Tate—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  4. 5-20Garrett Reynolds—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  5. 5-24Brooks Foster—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver

2010

2009 Butch Davis

2 selections

  1. 4-29E.J. Wilson—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  2. 5-15Cam Thomas—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle

2011

2010 Butch Davis

9 selections

  1. 1-14Robert Quinn—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  2. 2-08Bruce Carter—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker
  3. 2-20Marvin Austin—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
  4. 2-27Greg Little44-star recruitWide Receiver
  5. 4-03Da'Norris Searcy—No recruiting profile foundSafety
  6. 5-02Johnny White—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
  7. 5-21T.J. Yates—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
  8. 6-06Quan Sturdivant—No recruiting profile foundInside Linebacker
  9. 7-15Ryan Taylor—No recruiting profile foundTight End

2012

2011 Everett Withers

2 selections

  1. 1-16Quinton Coples—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  2. 2-20Zach Brown—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker

Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 1 of 20 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.