North Carolina NBA Players (2026-27)
All 10 former North Carolina players on an NBA roster this season.
Updated Sep 1, 2026 · rosters as of the 2026-27 preseason
- Players
- 10
- Average height
- 6'7"
- Average age
- 25.2
- Teams represented
- 7 of 30
- Tallest
- Henri Veesaar (7'0")
- Shortest
- Coby White (6'4")
- Oldest
- Harrison Barnes (34)
- Youngest
- Caleb Wilson (20)
Ten North Carolina alumni are on NBA rosters for the 2026-27 season, spread across 7 teams. The group covers a wide range of experience, from a 20-year-old rookie to a 34-year-old veteran, and includes forwards, guards, and centers.
Forwards make up the largest share of the group at 5, with 3 guards and 2 centers rounding out the position mix. Three of the 7 teams — Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and San Antonio — each carry 2 Tar Heel alumni on their rosters.
Think you'd know these players from their team, height, age and jersey number alone?
Play Guess-the-Player with only North Carolina alumni →| Player | Team | Pos | Ht | Age | No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caleb Wilson
|
Chicago Bulls
|
F | 6'9" | 20 | #8 |
Cameron Johnson
|
Denver Nuggets
|
F | 6'8" | 30 | #23 |
Coby White
|
Charlotte Hornets
|
G | 6'4" | 26 | #3 |
Cormac Ryan
|
Milwaukee Bucks
|
G | 6'5" | 27 | #30 |
Day'Ron Sharpe
|
Brooklyn Nets
|
C | 6'10" | 24 | #20 |
Drake Powell
|
Brooklyn Nets
|
G | 6'5" | 20 | #4 |
Harrison Barnes
|
San Antonio Spurs
|
F | 6'7" | 34 | #40 |
Harrison Ingram
|
San Antonio Spurs
|
F | 6'5" | 23 | #55 |
Henri Veesaar
|
Atlanta Hawks
|
C | 7'0" | 22 | #13 |
Pete Nance
|
Milwaukee Bucks
|
F | 6'9" | 26 | #35 |
Click any column heading to sort. Players with no college listed came into the league from overseas or straight out of high school.
Tallest and Shortest Players on the List
Henri Veesaar of the Atlanta Hawks stands at 7'0", making him the tallest player in this group. The center was born in Tallinn, Estonia and is 22 years old. At the other end, Coby White of the Charlotte Hornets checks in at 6'4" — the shortest of the 10 — wearing #3 for Charlotte as a guard.
Experience Range Across the Group
Harrison Barnes (#40, San Antonio Spurs) is the oldest player here at 34, born May 30, 1992 in Ames, IA. At the other end of the spectrum, Caleb Wilson (#8, Chicago Bulls) and Drake Powell (#4, Brooklyn Nets) are both 20 years old, with Wilson born in Atlanta, GA and Powell born in Pittsboro, NC.
Nine of the 10 players were born in the United States, with Henri Veesaar the one player born outside the country — in Tallinn, Estonia.
North Carolina Roots Within the Group
Three players were born in North Carolina itself: Coby White (Goldsboro), Day'Ron Sharpe (Greenville), and Drake Powell (Pittsboro). The rest were born across a range of states and, in Veesaar's case, abroad. It's a geographically scattered group united by a single college program.