Tar Heels have had NFL talent but not results

Posted Apr 29, 2015
The Sporting News has a list of the 15 college football programs that have produced the most talent in the last five NFL drafts. The Tar Heels have had 23 players drafted and five that went in the first round. Only eight other programs have had more players drafted in the last five years, and those programs are a combined 394-135 (.745) during that stretch. UNC is just 36-28 (.563). (ESPN.com)

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