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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CAR)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CAR)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (CAR)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (CAR)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CAR)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Panthers: B.

The Panthers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 139 on Cobee Bryant a full 41 spots early. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The Starks pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the 8th overall pick they get a double-digit-sack hope. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick54 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Circle this one: Malaki Starks at Round 2, Pick 22 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick74 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
Somehow Jihaad Campbell was still sitting there in the 74th pick, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick110 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
They talked themselves into Rylie Mills at the Round 4 slot, and the board did not agree. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick113 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
A safety of that caliber at No. 113 is the definition of value, full stop. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick139 Rnd5 Cobee Bryant
A real head-scratcher, Cobee Bryant in pick 139 is miles ahead of his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick145 Rnd5 Chris Paul Jr.
You do not let a linebacker like Chris Paul Jr. reach slot 145 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jordan Hancock
Jordan Hancock in the 162nd pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jaylen Reed
A tidy little value on Jaylen Reed in No. 227, a step better than break-even. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.