Colleges That Produce the Most Professional Athletes
Posted Feb 6, 2020
10. North Carolina (47): UNC is known as a basketball school, but the Tar Heels also send a good number of players to the NFL and MLB. In 2019, UNC had three first-round NBA draft picks (Coby White, Cameron Johnson and Nassir Little), a fifth-rounder in the NFL (Cole Holcomb) and nine MLB draft picks, four of whom made their MLB debuts last year.
(Bleacher Report)
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