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Draft Selections
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Antwaun Powell-Ryland Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CAR)
Antwaun Powell-Ryland
DL-EDGE Virginia Tech
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CAR)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
RJ Oben Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (CAR)
RJ Oben
DL-EDGE Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers won the night they stopped Walker from sliding. Grade: C+.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Panthers were there to profit. Jalon Walker, the No. 24 name on the board, should have been long gone before the Round 4 slot.

Every board in the league had Williams lower, and that gap is the story. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

They went 5 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Tyleik Williams
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptive interior force, though the board says they badly overpaid. Need was not the driver here.
Pick57 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
They paid sticker price for Jayden Higgins in Round 2, Pick 25, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick74 Rnd3 Shavon Revel Jr.
They will replay Shavon Revel Jr. at No. 74 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick111 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
Jared Wilson at the 111th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It fills a real need, too.
Pick114 Rnd4 Jalon Walker
Circle this one: Jalon Walker at the 114th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick140 Rnd5 Oluwafemi Oladejo
A straight-up fair deal on Oluwafemi Oladejo at pick 140, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick146 Rnd5 Antwaun Powell-Ryland
They jumped the gun on Antwaun Powell-Ryland, taking him earlier than his grade liked. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick163 Rnd5 Ryan Fitzgerald
No edge and no loss on Ryan Fitzgerald in slot 163; it is a wash and a sensible one. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick230 Rnd7 RJ Oben
RJ Oben in slot 230 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.