Top 40 UNC football and basketball players of all time: No. 15 - Tyler Hansbrough

Posted May 31, 2022
Tyler Hansbrough is the only ACC player ever to be named first-team All-ACC four times as well as first-team All-America four times. He was the 2008 National Player of the Year, 2008 ACC Player of the Year, and 2008 ACC Tournament MVP. He’s ACC's all-time leading scorer with 2,872 points and the all-time leading rebounder in UNC history with 1,219. (Tar Heel Illustrated)

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