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Draft Selections
Shemar Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Shemar Stewart
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (CAR)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Elijah Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (CAR)
Elijah Roberts
DE-EDGE SMU
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CAR)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (CAR)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (CAR)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Panthers a B-.

The Panthers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending No. 110 on Jalen McLeod a full 74 spots early.

The Simon pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Shemar Stewart
In pick 8 they get a double-digit-sack hope. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Elic Ayomanor
They paid sticker price for Elic Ayomanor in the 57th overall pick, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick74 Rnd3 Zy Alexander
Zy Alexander in the 74th pick is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick110 Rnd4 Jalen McLeod
Jalen McLeod in Round 4, Pick 9 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick113 Rnd4 David Walker
David Walker at pick No. 113 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick141 Rnd5 Elijah Roberts
A big swing on Elijah Roberts at slot 141, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick147 Rnd5 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. at pick No. 147 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick164 Rnd5 Cody Simon
You do not let a linebacker like Cody Simon reach No. 164 and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick229 Rnd7 Tonka Hemingway
Tonka Hemingway at Round 7, Pick 11 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A minor itch, scratched.