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Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (CAR)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (CAR)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CAR)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (CAR)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (CAR)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (CAR)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (CAR)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (HOU)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CHI)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (ARI)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CHI)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CIN)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (ARI)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Darnell Mooney
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Ian Thomas
TE
Head Shot
Laviska Shenault Jr.
WR
Head Shot
Miles Sanders
RB
Head Shot
Terrace Marshall Jr.
WR
Head Shot
Yetur Gross-Matos
EDGE
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C-
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureC+
The Panthers lost the trade table, and the C- tells the story.

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Panthers, and the value they bled adds up to real damage.

The McCaffrey reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. It is not that Stover is a bad player; it is that the Panthers had louder needs to answer first. They punted on linebacker, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

That Smith-Wade pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In No. 23 they get a bendy edge with upside, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick64 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
Chris Braswell at Round 2, Pick 32 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick75 Rnd3 Cade Stover
A surprising call. With linebacker, safety and other spots still to address, they spent pick No. 75 on Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE they were not short of.
Pick102 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Zak Zinter at the 102nd overall pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick114 Rnd4 Luke McCaffrey
A wild overpay on Luke McCaffrey in pick 114, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick182 Rnd6 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis at the Round 6 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick187 Rnd6 Chau Smith-Wade
Chau Smith-Wade in slot 187 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick241 Rnd7 Sam Hartman
A tidy little value on Sam Hartman in the 241st pick, a step better than break-even. A need, and now a little less of one.