| Scout.com Class of 2008 North Carolina Postseason Top 40 |
| Rank | Name | Pos | High School (City, State) | Ht/Wt | Verbal |
| 1 | Terrell Manning | WLB | Laurinburg (N.C.) Scotland County | 6-3/205/4.6 | NC State |
| 2 | E.J. Abrams-Ward | SLB | Thomasville (N.C.) | 6-5/210 | |
| 3 | Robert Blanton | CB | Matthews (N.C.) Butler | 6-1/163/4.5 | Notre Dame |
| 4 | R.J. Mattes | OT | Concord (N.C.) Jay M. Robinson | 6-7/265/5.08 | North Carolina State |
| 5 | Brandon Barnes | S | Bunn (N.C.) | 6-0/180 | NC State |
| 6 | Dwayne Allen | TE | Fayetteville (N.C.) Terry Sanford | 6-3/217/4.70 | Georgia |
| 7 | Spencer Adams | S | Matthews (N.C.) Butler | 6-2/185/4.4 | |
| 8 | Kevin Reddick | MLB | New Bern (N.C.) | 6-2/210/4.69 | North Carolina |
| 9 | Lorenzo Williams | CB | Fayetteville (N.C.) Westover | 6-2/190/4.43 | Virginia Tech |
| 10 | Braden Hanson | QB | Charlotte (N.C.) Latin | 6-6/210 | North Carolina |
| 11 | Nick Becton | OT | Wilmington (N.C.) New Hanover | 6-7/290/5.24 | Virginia Tech |
| 12 | Dwaye Maddox | MLB | Shelby (N.C.) Crest | 6-2/220/4.65 | NC State |
| 13 | Austin Johnson | MLB | Hickory (N.C.) | 6-2/225 | Tennessee |
| 14 | Andrew Wallace | OT | Charlotte (N.C.) Olympic | 6-5/260/4.76 | NC State |
| 15 | Michael Via | OT | McLeansville (N.C.) Northeast Guilford | 6-6/250/5.0 | Virginia Tech |
| 16 | Jacob Charest | QB | Matthews (N.C.) Butler | 6-3/190/4.7 | Illinois |
| 17 | Tobias Palmer | CB | Pittsboro (N.C.) Northwood | 5-10/165/4.4 | NC State |
| 18 | Mario Carter | TE | Charlotte (NC) Independence | 6-6/240/4.75 | NC State |
| 19 | E.J. Whitley | S | Matthews (N.C.) Butler | 6-0/185/4.5 | Virginia Tech |
| 20 | Reggie Bowens | SLB | Garner (N.C.) | 6-2/210/4.60 | South Carolina |
| 21 | Jarrett Boykin | WR | Matthews (N.C.) Butler | 6-2/190/4.55 | Virginia Tech |
| 22 | Makiri Pugh | S | Charlotte (N.C.) Independence | 6-0/175/4.47 | Georgia |
| 23 | Jonathan Cooper | OG | Wilmington (N.C.) Hoggard | 6-3/305/5.13 | North Carolina |
| 24 | Allen Crowder | DE | Mebane (N.C.) Eastern Alamance | 6-3/255 | |
| 25 | Jay Hollingsworth | RB | Sanford (N.C.) Lee County | 5-11/185/4.6 | Duke |
| 26 | Earl Wolff | S | Raeford (N.C.) Hoke County | 6-0/190/4.45 | NC State |
| 27 | T.J. Graham | WR | Raleigh (N.C.) Wakefield | 6-0/180/4.40 | NC State |
| 28 | A.J. Blue | QB | Dallas (N.C.) North Gaston | 6-2/205 | North Carolina |
| 29 | Marquan Brown | RB | Hope Mills (NC) Gray's Creek | 5-7/160 | East Carolina |
| 30 | Adrian Jones | WR | Laurinburg (NC) Scotland County | 5-11/180/4.4 | East Carolina |
| 31 | Gary Douglas | RB | Durham (N.C.) Hillside | 6-0/180/4.50 | Maryland |
| 32 | Demetrius Hartsfield | WLB | Raleigh (N.C.) Southeast Raleigh | 6-1/210/4.68 | Maryland |
| 33 | Kenny Okoro | CB | Greensboro (N.C.) Dudley | 5-11/179/4.60 | Wake Forest |
| 34 | Justin Venable | S | Greensboro (N.C.) Southeast Guilford | 6-1/180 | East Carolina |
| 35 | Anthony Garner | DT | Siler City (NC) Jordan-Matthews | 6-1/295 | East Carolina |
| 36 | Lanston Tanyi | SLB | Shelby (N.C.) | 6-2/212/4.87 | |
| 37 | Tony Morgan | RB | Garner (NC) | 6-0.5/189/4.49 | |
| 38 | Darius Spencer | RB | Asheville (N.C.) A.C. Reynolds | 5-9/174/4.37 | |
| 39 | Jamie Hatten | TE | Hendersonville (N.C.) | 6-4/220/4.65 | Marshall |
| 40 | Joe Womack | WR | Pinetown (N.C.) Northside | 6-2/180 | East Carolina |
