THIRD AND DATA

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.

Draft
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2016–2020

Selections per draft

12 across 5 drafts

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

06312

Selections by position

12 across 2016–2020

Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 7 · Defense 5.

Draft selections by position group across 2016–2020: Quarterbacks 1, Running backs 2, Receivers 3, Offensive line 1, Defensive line 2, Linebackers 2, Defensive backs 1

2016

2015 Larry Fedora

0 selections

No selections.

2017

2016 Larry Fedora

6 selections

  1. 1-02Mitchell Trubisky—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback
  2. 3-38Nazair Jones33-star recruitDefensive Tackle
  3. 4-12Mack Hollins—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver
  4. 4-27Ryan Switzer33-star recruitWide Receiver
  5. 5-36T.J. Logan44-star recruitRunning Back
  6. 7-24Elijah Hood44-star recruitRunning Back

2018

2017 Larry Fedora

3 selections

  1. 2-21M.J. Stewart—No recruiting profile foundCornerback
  2. 7-16Andre Smith—No recruiting profile foundInside Linebacker
  3. 7-37Austin Proehl—No recruiting profile foundWide Receiver

2019

2018 Larry Fedora

1 selection

  1. 5-35Cole Holcomb—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker

2020

2019 Mack Brown

2 selections

  1. 4-20Charlie Heck—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle
  2. 5-09Jason Strowbridge—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End

Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 4 of 12 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.