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
23 across 5 draftsCounted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.
Selections by position
23 across 2009–2013Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 13 · Defense 10.
2009
2008 Butch Davis
5 selections
- 1-29Hakeem Nicks—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
- 2-32Richard Quinn—No recruiting profile foundTight End
- 3-19Brandon Tate—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
- 5-20Garrett Reynolds—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
- 5-24Brooks Foster—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
2010
2009 Butch Davis
2 selections
- 4-29E.J. Wilson—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 5-15Cam Thomas—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
2011
2010 Butch Davis
9 selections
- 1-14Robert Quinn—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 2-08Bruce Carter—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker
- 2-20Marvin Austin—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
- 2-27Greg Little44-star recruitWide Receiver
- 4-03Da'Norris Searcy—No recruiting profile foundSafety
- 5-02Johnny White—No recruiting profile foundRunning Back
- 5-21T.J. Yates—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
- 6-06Quan Sturdivant—No recruiting profile foundInside Linebacker
- 7-15Ryan Taylor—No recruiting profile foundTight End
2012
2011 Everett Withers
2 selections
- 1-16Quinton Coples—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
- 2-20Zach Brown—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker
2013
2012 Larry Fedora
5 selections
- 1-07Jonathan Cooper—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
- 1-28Sylvester Williams—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
- 2-05Giovani Bernard44-star recruitRunning Back
- 3-27Brennan Williams44-star recruitOffensive Tackle
- 7-08Travis Bond—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 3 of 23 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.