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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CAR)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Noah Fifita Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 4 (CAR)
Noah Fifita
QB Arizona
Gentry Williams Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 5 (CAR)
Gentry Williams
CB Oklahoma
Dane Key Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 6 (CAR)
Dane Key
WR Kentucky
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Panthers a B.

For all the boxes ticked, the Panthers skipped the loudest one: linebacker is exactly as bare as it was.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Fifita. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a bendy edge with upside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick65 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at the 65th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick97 Rnd4 Noah Fifita
A quiet steal in Round 4, Pick 1: Noah Fifita for less than the market said. The roster fit checks out.
Pick129 Rnd5 Gentry Williams
They did well to land Gentry Williams in the 129th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick161 Rnd6 Dane Key
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dane Key. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.