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Draft Selections
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (CAR)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (CAR)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CAR)
James Williams
LB Miami (FL)
Draft Picks Received
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
DJ James
CB Auburn
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Players Gained
Head Shot
Michael Davis
CB
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B+
ValueA- NeedA- TradesC+ FutureA
The Panthers cashed the board's mistake on James: B+.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: DJ James, the No. 53 name on the board, stolen at the 100th pick. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it. On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Good work on the whole, with safety the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
Nice patience on Chop Robinson, who had no business lasting to No. 33. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick65 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick 65 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick100 Rnd3 DJ James
The board fumbled DJ James all the way to slot 100, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick101 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
A straight-up fair deal on Zak Zinter at the 101st pick, value and slot in agreement. It fills a real need, too.
Pick142 Rnd5 Johnny Wilson
Johnny Wilson slid further than he should have, and Round 5, Pick 6 is lovely value for the wide receiver. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick166 Rnd5 James Williams
Steal is underselling it; James Williams at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.