You’d be forgiven if you had mostly ignored the NFL draft the last couple of years. While the occasional Tar Heel has been called, there hasn’t been a lot of intrigue at the top of the draft for them since Mitchell Trubisky in 2017. In fact, since that night, only six Tar Heels have heard their name called during the three days of the draft, and the highest was MJ Stewart in 2018, in the second round.
The Tar Heels can nearly double that in 2021. Four guys seem like sure-fire picks, and a fifth could be a late round add that would provide value for a team that gets him.