2008 North Carolina roster

33 players. From 7 states; the most from North Carolina (10) and Ohio (3). The 2008 season.

Our source’s roster for 2008 is partial: 33 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Cameron Sexton QB			1,261 passing yards, 9 TD
13	T.J. Yates QB	6′4″	Marietta, GA	1,168 passing yards, 11 TD
7	Mike Paulus QB4-star recruit		Syracuse, NY	33 passing yards

Running backs 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
4	Bobby Rome FB2-star recruit				Norfolk, VA	8 catches, 65 yards
6	Anthony Elzy RB		5′10″		Warren, OH	5 rushing yards

Receivers 5

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Hakeem Nicks WR			68 catches, 1,222 yards, 12 TD
	Brooks Foster WR			30 catches, 334 yards, 2 TD
	Brandon Tate WR			16 catches, 376 yards, 3 TD
8	Greg Little WR4-star recruit	6′3″	Durham, NC	11 catches, 146 yards
	Zach Pianalto WR			7 catches, 69 yards, 1 TD

Tight ends 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Richard Quinn TE			8 catches, 97 yards, 1 TD
33	Christian Wilson TE4-star recruit	6′3″	McKees Rocks, PA	2 catches, 19 yards
80	Ed Barham TE	6′3″	Bacon’s Castle, VA

Linebackers 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
52	Quan Sturdivant LB		6′2″		Oakboro, NC	2 INT
54	Bruce Carter LB		6′3″		Havelock, NC	1 INT

Defensive backs 5

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
16	Kendric Burney CB	5′9″	Jacksonville, NC	3 INT
27	Deunta Williams S3-star recruit	6′2″	Jacksonville, NC	3 INT
12	Charles Brown CB	5′10″	Cleveland, OH	1 INT
25	Matt Merletti S	5′11″	Cleveland, OH	1 return, 0 yards
21	Da’Norris Searcy S	6′0″	Decatur, GA

Specialists 3

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
11	Casey Barth PK	5′11″	Wilmington, NC	10 of 15 field goals
	Terrence Brown P			59 punts, 39.5 average
	Jay Wooten K			4 of 6 field goals

Athletes and others 10

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
20	Shaun Draughn	6′0″		Tarboro, NC	866 rushing yards, 3 TD
	Trimane Goddard				7 INT
32	Ryan Houston	6′2″		Charlotte, NC	299 rushing yards, 8 TD
	Mark Paschal				2 INT
19	Trase Jones	6′0″	195	Roanoke Rapids, NC	6 returns, 36 yards
	Marvin Austin Jr. 5-star recruit			Washington, DC	1 INT
	Cooter Arnold				7 catches, 87 yards, 1 TD
34	Johnny White	5′10″		Asheville, NC	0 rushing yards
	Kenton Thornton				1 catch, 5 yards
	Anthony Parker-Boyd				2 rushing yards

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2008 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.