List of North Carolina Tar Heels in the NFL draft

Teams that did not make the playoffs are ordered by their regular-season record, with any remaining ties broken by strength of schedule.

Playoff participants are sequenced after non-playoff teams, based on their round of elimination (wild card, division, conference, and Super Bowl).

[4] Before the merger agreements in 1966, the American Football League (AFL) operated in direct competition with the NFL and held a separate draft.

As part of the merger agreement on June 8, 1966, the two leagues held a multiple round "Common Draft".

The single first round of the NFL Draft with the most Tar Heels selected was 1998 with three: Greg Ellis, Brian Simmons, and Vonnie Holliday.

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Mitchell Trubisky was drafted 2nd overall by the Chicago Bears in the 2017 NFL Draft.
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Lawrence Taylor was drafted 2nd overall by the New York Giants in the 1982 NFL Draft.
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Julius Peppers was drafted 2nd overall by the Carolina Panthers in the 2002 NFL Draft.
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Jonathan Cooper was selected by the Arizona Cardinals as the 7th overall draft pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.
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Eric Ebron was selected by the Detroit Lions as the 10th overall draft pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
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Robert Quinn was selected by the St. Louis Rams as the 14th overall draft pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.
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Vonnie Holliday was drafted 19th overall by the Green Bay Packers in the 1998 NFL Draft.
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Giovani Bernard was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals as the 37th overall draft pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.
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Dré Bly was drafted 41st overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 1999 NFL Draft.
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Brandon Tate was drafted 83rd overall by the New England Patriots in the 2009 NFL Draft.
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T. J. Yates was selected by the Houston Texans as the 152nd overall draft pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.