UNC in NFL: Tracking the Tar Heels in Week One
By Grant Hughes
How did your favorite UNC Tar Heels perform in Week 1 of the NFL season?
There are 21 players in the NFL who first donned Carolina Blue before suiting up for NFL teams this week.
This number includes six rookies and a guy who returned to the state he first played college ball for in 1999, yes 1999.
A number of other UNC players from years past also played in Week 1 of the 2017 NFL season for their respected teams. Some are with the same teams they were drafted by while others have found new homes via Free Agency.
Then there are the rookies form the 2017 NFL Draft Class.
The Tar Heels lost a ton of talent from their 2016 team including Mitchell Trubisky, Mack Hollins, Ryan Switzer and Naz Jones.
They are just beginning their NFL careers in hopes of staying in the league as long as possible and Week 1 was just the start for them.
With varying success and playing time, here is what the Heels were up to shortly after the kickoff of the 2017 season.