List of North Carolina Tar Heels football All-Americans

The North Carolina Tar Heels college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), and represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

All-America selections are individual player recognitions made after each season when numerous publications release lists of their ideal team.

The NCAA recognizes five All-America lists: the Associated Press (AP), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).

[1] Since the establishment of the team in 1888, North Carolina has had 68 players honored a total of 85 times as an All-American for their performance on the field of play.

The most recent All-Americans from North Carolina a came after the 2013 season, when Eric Ebron and Ryan Switzer were each named First Team All-America by various selectors.

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In 1939 , George Stirnweiss was an All-American by three different voters.
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Lawrence Taylor was named a consensus First-team All-American in 1980 .
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Julius Peppers was a consensus First-team selection in 2001 .
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The Associated Press named Giovani Bernard to their third-team in 2012 .
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Dré Bly was the first player in ACC history to be named a consensus First-team All-American twice.
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Eric Ebron was named a First-team All-American for his efforts in the 2013 season.