Tar Heels and Gators in the NFL Draft

According to Mel Kiper, NFL Draft guru (I like Todd McShay better, but Kiper is might be a better draft analyst - even if he's always chillin' at ESPNzone). He ranked all of the best players by position - divided it by junior and senior, and some UNC and UF names came up - thought I might share:

important note: The #1 player is the number one Junior (or Senior) player - not the #1 in the country. Divided into two groups...

Juniors:

I think he'll be a beast in the NFL
Tight Ends: #2 - Aaron Hernandez - UF

Offensive Guard: #2 - Mike Pouncey - UF

Center: #3 - Maurkice Pouncey - UF

Can he live up to the hype already?
Defensive Tackles: #3 - Marvin Austin - UNC

I love seeing Crompton get nailed
Defensive Ends: #1 - Carlos Dunlap - UF (he's projected to be a top-5 pick)


Inside Linebackers: #2 - Quan Sturdivant - UNC (this is very cool - I didn't realize he was as valued of an NFL commodity)

What UNC fans know Bruce better as - Punt Blocker Extraordinaire
Outside Linebacker: #3 - Bruce Carter - UNC (also surprising! Go BRUUUUUCE!)


Ironically - our secondary got torched in this game
Defensive Ends: #1 - Joe Haden - UF


My favorite play of the BCS Championship game (close second - other starting safety Ahmad Black making that amazing pick to seal the game)
Safeties: #3 - Major Wright - UF



Punters: #4 - Chas Henry - UF


And now the only two seniors:



Quarterbacks: #3 - Tim Tebow - UF

My favorite Spikes play - showing excellent RB Moreno who was going to own that game...
Inside Linebackers: #1 - Brandon Spikes - UF (Mel has him going at the end of the first round)