The only thing I can figure out is that he is saying the program was set up while Roy was elsewhere and since he’s been on campus, and that AFTER the 2005 Championship season, participation in the classes have steadily declined.
If course, he also implies the decreasing participation could be tied to the fact that UNC became aware the AA program had become toxic.
So who knows?
There were also some basketball players who ended up in medical and dental school.