UNC Football: Draft Weekend Roundup

The 2025 NFL Draft is now in the books, and many of the stars we watched on Saturdays will now begin their careers on Sundays. That includes several of our North Carolina Tar Heels football alumni. Led by Omarion Hampton, there were several UNC football players who took a big step forward in their football careers over the past couple days.

With the Draft weekend now—mostly—in the books, let’s look back at everything that went down as far as Tar Heels are concerned.

As it turned out, Hampton was the only Tar Heel to actually be selected in the draft. The running back was the only one expected to go in the first round range, but little did we know that would be it for UNC. Hampton went to the…