The last North Carolina Tar Heels player or coach to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame was Mack Brown, who gained entrance just a few short months before getting rehired as UNC coach back in 2018. The nominees for the class of 2021 have been announced, and there’s a chance we’ll see a couple more Tar Heels go into the hall.
Julius Peppers and Harris Barton were included among the nominees for the next class, which will be announced early next year.
Peppers retired from a likely Pro Football Hall of Fame career after the 2018 season, but considering this honor and the fact that he was selected #2 overall in the NFL Draft, his college career was also quite legendary.