North Carolina NFL Draft Picks

167 drafted · 1967–2025

Summary

167Players Drafted

26First Rounders

North Carolina has produced 167 NFL draft selections between 1967–2025. The highest was Lawrence Taylor, taken 2nd overall in 1981. 26 of its picks went in the first round. Alge Crumpler has the longest NFL career among them by games played (146). LB is the position it has sent to the NFL most often (21). 9 of these players attended more than one school; they are listed here and on each of their other programs.

All North Carolina NFL Draft Picks

Year	Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1967	6	159	NO	Bo Wood	LB	North Carolina
1969	4	79	BUF	Mike Richey	OT	North Carolina
1971	1	22	IND	Don McCauley	RB	North Carolina
1972	3	56	TEN	Lewis Jolley	RB	North Carolina
1974	3	67	BAL	Bob Pratt	G	North Carolina
1974	3	67	IND	Robert Pratt	OG	North Carolina
1974	4	90	SF	Sammy Johnson	RB	North Carolina
1975	1	3	BAL	Ken Huff	G	North Carolina
1975	5	125	SD	Charles Waddell	TE	North Carolina
1976	8	224	DEN	James Betterson	RB	North Carolina
1977	3	76	CIN	Mike Voight	RB	North Carolina
1978	2	32	BUF	Dee Hardison	DE	North Carolina
1978	8	199	NO	Brooks Williams	TE	North Carolina
1979	5	121	DAL	Bob Hukill	OG	North Carolina
1979	6	153	GB	Dave Simmons	LB	North Carolina
1979	6	160	DAL	Mike Salzano	OG	North Carolina
1980	2	36	ATL	Buddy Curry	LB	North Carolina
1980	5	121	MIN	Doug Paschal	RB	North Carolina
1981	1	2	NYG	Lawrence Taylor	OLB	North Carolina
1981	1	18	BAL	Donnell Thompson	DE	North Carolina
1981	3	73	PIT	Rick Donnalley	C	North Carolina
1981	4	103	LAC	Amos Lawrence	RB	North Carolina
1981	6	157	NE	Ron Wooten	G	North Carolina
1981	6	164	ATL	Harry Stanback	DE	North Carolina
1982	2	46	KC	Calvin Daniels	OLB	North Carolina
1982	6	156	NYG	Darrell Nicholson	LB	North Carolina
1982	8	211	CLE	Bill Jackson	CB	North Carolina
1983	2	36	LA	Mike Wilcher	LB	North Carolina
1983	2	48	GB	Dave Drechsler	G	North Carolina
1983	7	196	WAS	Kelvin Bryant	RB	North Carolina
1984	1	21	LA	William Fuller	DE	North Carolina
1984	1	28	CIN	Brian Blados	OT	North Carolina
1984	2	51	SF	Joe Conwell	OT	North Carolina
1984	3	69	NO	Tyrone Anthony	RB	North Carolina
1985	1	15	KC	Ethan Horton	TE	North Carolina
1985	4	93	PHI	Greg Naron	OG	North Carolina
1986	8	199	HOU	Larry Griffin	DB	North Carolina
1986	9	223	TB	Tommy Barnhardt	P	North Carolina; East Carolina
1986	10	272	NYJ	Carl Carr	LB	North Carolina
1986	11	303	MIA	Arnold Franklin	TE	North Carolina
1987	1	22	SF	Harris Barton	C	North Carolina
1987	6	158	PHI	Chris Pike	DT	Tulsa; North Carolina
1988	4	87	NE	Tim Goad	DT	North Carolina
1988	9	225	TB	Reuben Davis	DE	North Carolina
1988	9	235	BUF	Carlton Bailey	LB	North Carolina
1989	3	69	DEN	Darrell Hamilton	OT	North Carolina
1989	10	268	SEA	Derrick Fenner	RB	North Carolina; Gardner-Webb
1989	12	319	SF	Antonio Goss	LB	North Carolina
1990	4	95	LV	Torin Dorn	DB	North Carolina
1990	9	244	PHI	Cecil Gray	OT	North Carolina
1991	3	79	HOU	Kevin Donnalley	G	North Carolina; Davidson
1992	3	76	SF	Brian Bollinger	G	North Carolina
1992	4	97	MIA	Dwight Hollier	MLB	North Carolina
1992	4	98	MIN	Roy Barker	DT	North Carolina
1992	7	174	LAC	Deems May	TE	North Carolina
1992	8	202	ARI	Eric Blount	WR	North Carolina
1993	1	28	BUF	Thomas Smith	DB	North Carolina
1993	2	41	LAC	Natrone Means	RB	North Carolina
1993	3	69	DEN	Rondell Jones	FS	North Carolina
1993	5	123	NYG	Tommy Thigpen	LB	North Carolina
1994	4	1	NYG	Tito Wooten	DB	Louisiana-Monroe; North Carolina
1994	2	48	BUF	Bucky Brooks	DB	North Carolina
1994	4	120	LV	Austin Robbins	DT	North Carolina
1994	4	127	KC	Bracy Walker	FS	North Carolina
1994	4	127	KC	Bracey Walker	DB	North Carolina
1994	4	130	BUF	Sean Crocker	DB	North Carolina
1995	3	66	GB	William Henderson	FB	North Carolina
1995	3	88	NE	Jimmy Hitchcock	DB	North Carolina
1995	4	118	LV	Mike Morton	LB	North Carolina
1995	6	178	NYJ	Eddie Mason	LB	North Carolina
1995	7	236	DAL	Oscar Sturgis	DE	North Carolina
1996	1	22	TB	Marcus Jones	DE	North Carolina
1996	5	148	MIN	Sean Boyd	DB	North Carolina
1997	2	31	NYJ	Rick Terry	DT	North Carolina
1997	2	45	LAC	Freddie Jones	TE	North Carolina
1997	3	79	JAX	James Hamilton	LB	North Carolina
1997	4	104	NYJ	Leon Johnson	RB	North Carolina
1997	5	144	CIN	Andre Purvis	DE	North Carolina
1998	1	8	DAL	Greg Ellis	DE	North Carolina
1998	1	17	CIN	Brian Simmons	LB	North Carolina
1998	1	19	GB	Vonnie Holliday	DE	North Carolina
1998	4	103	ATL	Omar Brown	DB	North Carolina
1998	4	110	MIN	Kivuusama Mays	LB	North Carolina
1998	5	128	KC	Robert Williams	DB	North Carolina
1998	5	131	BUF	Jonathan Linton	FB	North Carolina
1999	1	20	DAL	Ebenezer Ekuban	DE	North Carolina
1999	2	41	LA	Dre' Bly	CB	North Carolina
1999	2	48	CHI	Russell Davis	DT	North Carolina
1999	4	119	BUF	Keith Newman	LB	North Carolina
1999	4	130	PHI	Na Brown	WR	North Carolina
1999	7	215	DET	Mike Pringley	DT	North Carolina
2000	4	117	MIA	Deon Dyer	RB	North Carolina
2001	2	35	ATL	Alge Crumpler	TE	North Carolina
2001	3	70	NO	Sedrick Hodge	OLB	North Carolina
2001	4	110	BUF	Brandon Spoon	MLB	North Carolina
2001	7	205	TB	Dauntae' Finger	TE	North Carolina
2002	1	2	CAR	Julius Peppers	DE	North Carolina
2002	1	6	KC	Ryan Sims	DE	North Carolina
2002	4	106	IND	David Thornton	OLB	North Carolina
2002	7	219	CIN	Joey Evans	DE	North Carolina
2002	7	235	LV	Ronald Curry	WR	North Carolina
2002	7	245	NYG	Quincy Monk	LB	North Carolina
2003	4	127	BUF	Sam Aiken	WR	North Carolina
2004	4	113	NE	Dexter Reid	DB	North Carolina
2004	4	124	TEN	Michael Waddell	DB	North Carolina
2004	5	146	TB	Jeb Terry	G	North Carolina
2005	4	124	BAL	Jason Brown	C	North Carolina
2005	5	157	JAX	Gerald Sensabaugh	FS	North Carolina; East Tennessee State
2005	7	251	LA	Madison Hedgecock	FB	North Carolina
2006	7	225	LAC	Chase Page	DT	North Carolina
2007				Ronnie McGill	RB	North Carolina
2008	1	29	SF	Kentwan Balmer	DE	North Carolina
2008	7	221	CAR	Hilee Taylor	DE	North Carolina
2009	1	29	NYG	Hakeem Nicks	WR	North Carolina
2009	2	64	DEN	Richard Quinn	TE	North Carolina
2009	3	83	NE	Brandon Tate	WR	North Carolina
2009	5	156	ATL	Garrett Reynolds	OT	North Carolina
2009	5	160	LA	Brooks Foster	WR	North Carolina
2010	4	127	SEA	E.J. Wilson	DE	North Carolina
2010	5	146	LAC	Cam Thomas	DT	North Carolina
2011	1	14	LA	Robert Quinn	DE	North Carolina
2011	2	40	DAL	Bruce Carter	LB	North Carolina
2011	2	52	NYG	Marvin Austin	DT	North Carolina
2011	2	59	CLE	Greg Little	WR	North Carolina
2011	4	100	BUF	Da'Norris Searcy	S	North Carolina
2011	5	133	BUF	Johnny White	RB	North Carolina
2011	5	152	HOU	T.J. Yates	QB	North Carolina
2011	6	171	ARI	Quan Sturdivant	LB	North Carolina
2011	7	218	GB	Ryan Taylor	TE	North Carolina
2011				Kendric Burney	CB	North Carolina
2011				Zack Pianalto	TE	North Carolina
2011				Deunta Williams	S	North Carolina
2012	1	16	NYJ	Quinton Coples	OLB	North Carolina
2012	2	52	TEN	Zach Brown	OLB	North Carolina
2012				Dwight Jones	WR	North Carolina
2013	1	7	ARI	Jonathan Cooper	G	North Carolina
2013	1	28	DEN	Sylvester Williams	DT	North Carolina; Coffeyville CC
2013	2	37	CIN	Giovani Bernard	RB	North Carolina
2013	3	89	HOU	Brennan Williams	OT	North Carolina
2013	7	214	MIN	Travis Bond	G	North Carolina
2013				Kevin Reddick	ILB	North Carolina
2014	1	10	DET	Eric Ebron	TE	North Carolina
2014	3	84	ARI	Kareem Martin	OLB	North Carolina
2014	4	111	CIN	Russell Bodine	C	North Carolina
2014	4	128	CAR	Tre Boston	FS	North Carolina
2014	7	225	MIN	Jabari Price	CB	North Carolina
2014				James Hurst	OT	North Carolina
2016				Landon Turner	OG	North Carolina
2017	1	2	CHI	Mitchell Trubisky	QB	North Carolina
2017	3	102	SEA	Nazair Jones	DT	North Carolina
2017	4	118	PHI	Mack Hollins	WR	North Carolina
2017	4	133	DAL	Ryan Switzer	WR	North Carolina
2017	5	179	ARI	T.J. Logan	RB	North Carolina
2017	7	242	LV	Elijah Hood	RB	North Carolina
2017				Bug Howard	WR	North Carolina
2017				Caleb Peterson	OG	North Carolina
2018	2	53	TB	M.J. Stewart	SAF	North Carolina
2018	7	255	BUF	Austin Proehl	WR	North Carolina
2019	5	173	WAS	Cole Holcomb	LB	North Carolina
2019				Malik Carney	OLB	North Carolina
2019				Anthony Ratliff-Williams	WR	North Carolina
2019				William Sweet	OT	North Carolina
2020	4	126	HOU	Charlie Heck	OT	North Carolina
2020	5	154	MIA	Jason Strowbridge	DE	North Carolina
2021	2	35	DEN	Javonte Williams	RB	North Carolina
2021	3	78	MIN	Chazz Surratt	LB	North Carolina
2021	3	82	WAS	Dyami Brown	WR	North Carolina
2021	6	221	CHI	Dazz Newsome	WR	North Carolina
2022	3	67	NYG	Joshua Ezeudu	G	North Carolina
2022	5	144	WAS	Sam Howell	QB	North Carolina
2022	5	169	MIN	Ty Chandler	RB	North Carolina
2022	5	173	NYG	Marcus McKethan	G	North Carolina
2023	3	79	IND	Josh Downs	WR	North Carolina
2023	5	169	DAL	Asim Richards	OT	North Carolina
2023	7	219	DET	Antoine Green	WR	North Carolina
2023	7	243	NYG	Jordon Riley	DT	Oregon; Nebraska; Garden City CC; North Carolina
2024	1	3	NE	Drake Maye	QB	North Carolina
2024	4	106	TEN	Cedric Gray	LB	North Carolina
2024	4	113	BAL	Devontez Walker	WR	North Carolina; Kent State; North Carolina Central
2025	1	22	LAC	Omarion Hampton	RB	North Carolina