White, Johnson & Little Add To Storied Tar Heel First-Round Draft History

Coby White, Cameron Johnson and Nassir Little joined the long list of first-round NBA Draft picks to play for the University of North Carolina on Thursday night, as all three were selected in the top 25 of the 2019 NBA Draft in Brooklyn.

White went seventh overall to the Chicago Bulls, and Johnson was the 11th pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves, joining White as a Lottery pick. NBA media sources expect Minnesota to trade Johnson to the Phoenix Suns.

Little was chosen 25th overall by Portland.

The trio are the 50th, 51st and 52nd Tar Heels selected in the first round of the NBA Draft. Carolina has the most first-round picks of any school in history.

They are the 19th, 20th and 21st Tar Heels to play for head coach Roy Williams drafted in the first round. Williams has coached 32 first-round picks — 11 at Kansas and 21 at UNC.

Overall, White, Little and Johnson are the 114th, 115th and 116th Carolina players selected in the NBA Draft, third-most of any school in the nation (trailing only Kentucky and UCLA).

Tar Heel NBA Draft Facts & Figures
• 52 all-time first-round NBA Draft picks (most in the nation)
• 116 all-time NBA Draft picks (most in the ACC)
• 32 first-round draft picks produced by Roy Williams, including 21 at Carolina
• This is the 12th time multiple Tar Heels and the fourth time three or more Tar Heels were selected in the first round of the NBA Draft.
• This is the fourth time in the Roy Williams Era at least three Tar Heels were selected in the first round of the NBA Draft (four in 2005, three in 2009, four in 2012 and three in 2019).
• White and Little are the fourth and fifth UNC freshmen selected in the first round of the NBA Draft (Marvin Williams in 2005, Brandan Wright in 2007, Tony Bradley in 2017, White and Little)

Tar Heel NBA Draft Picks Under Head Coach Roy Williams
2005: Marvin Williams, Atlanta Hawks (1st round, 2nd overall)
2005: Raymond Felton, Charlotte Bobcats (1st round, 5th overall)
2005: Sean May, Charlotte Bobcats (1st round, 13th overall)
2005: Rashad McCants, Minnesota Timberwolves (1st round, 14th overall)
2006: David Noel, Milwaukee Bucks (2nd round, 39th overall)
2007: Brandan Wright, Charlotte Bobcats (1st round, eighth overall)
2007: Reyshawn Terry, Orlando Magic (2nd round, 44th overall)
2009: Tyler Hansbrough, Indiana Pacers (1st round, 13th overall)
2009: Ty Lawson, Minnesota Timberwolves (1st round, 18th overall)
2009: Wayne Ellington, Minnesota Timberwolves (1st round, 28th overall)
2009: Danny Green, Cleveland Cavaliers (2nd round, 46th overall)
2010: Ed Davis, Toronto Raptors (1st round, 13th overall)
2012: Harrison Barnes, Golden State Warriors (1st round, seventh overall)
2012: Kendall Marshall, Phoenix Suns (1st round, 13th overall)
2012: John Henson, Milwaukee Bucks (1st round, 14th overall)
2012: Tyler Zeller, Dallas Mavericks (1st round, 17th overall)
2013: Reggie Bullock, Los Angeles Clippers (1st round, 25th overall)
2014: P.J. Hairston, Miami Heat (1st round, 26th overall)
2015: J.P. Tokoto, Philadelphia 76ers (2nd round, 58th overall)
2016: Brice Johnson, Los Angeles Clippers (1st round, 25th overall)
2016: Marcus Paige, Utah Jazz (2nd round, 55th overall)
2017: Justin Jackson, Portland Trailblazers (1st round, 15th overall)
2017: Tony Bradley, Los Angeles Lakers (1st round, 28th overall)
2019: Coby White, Chicago Bulls (1st round, seventh overall)
2019: Cameron Johnson, Minnesota Timberwolves (1st round, 11th overall)
2019: Nassir Little, Portland Trailblazers (1st round, 25th overall)

Tar Heel Draft Picks by Round
First Round
Lennie Rosenbluth, 1957
Pete Brennan, 1958
Lee Shaffer, 1960
Billy Cunningham, 1965
Robert McAdoo, 1972
Bobby Jones, 1974
Mitch Kupchak, 1976
Walter Davis, 1977
Tommy LaGarde, 1977
Phil Ford, 1978
Dudley Bradley, 1979
Mike O'Koren, 1980
Al Wood, 1981
James Worthy, 1982
Michael Jordan, 1984
Sam Perkins, 1984
Brad Daugherty, 1986
Kenny Smith, 1987
Joe Wolf, 1987
J.R. Reid, 1989
Rick Fox, 1991
Pete Chilcutt, 1991
Hubert Davis, 1992
George Lynch, 1993
Eric Montross, 1994
Jerry Stackhouse, 1995
Rasheed Wallace, 1995
Antawn Jamison, 1998
Vince Carter, 1998
Brendan Haywood, 2001
Joseph Forte, 2001
Marvin Williams, 2005
Raymond Felton, 2005
Sean May, 2005
Rashad McCants, 2005
Brandan Wright, 2007
Tyler Hansbrough, 2009
Ty Lawson, 2009
Wayne Ellington, 2009
Ed Davis, 2010
Harrison Barnes, 2012
Kendall Marshall, 2012
John Henson, 2012
Tyler Zeller, 2012
Reggie Bullock, 2013
P.J. Hairston, 2014
Brice Johnson, 2016
Justin Jackson, 2017
Tony Bradley, 2017
Coby White, 2019
Cameron Johnson, 2019
Nassir Little, 2019

Second Round
Joe Quigg, 1958
York Laresse, 1961
Doug Moe, 1961 (ABA)
Bill Bunting, 1969
Dennis Wuycik, 1972
Jeff McInnis, 1996
Serge Zwikker, 1997
Shammond Williams, 1998
David Noel, 2006
Reyshawn Terry, 2007
Danny Green, 2009
J.P. Tokoto, 2015
Marcus Paige, 2016

White, Johnson & Little Add To Storied Tar Heel First-Round Draft History

Players Mentioned

Cameron Johnson

Nassir Little

Coby White

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