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Draft Selections
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (CAR)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CAR)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (CAR)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Kevin Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (CAR)
Kevin Jennings
QB SMU
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CAR)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Jaylin Smith Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Jaylin Smith
CB USC
Draft Picks Received
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NYJ)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Players Gained
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Garrett Wilson
WR
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueC NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Panthers won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

The Panthers went off the board in a big way for Kevin Jennings, 92 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another.

The Majors pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.

They will answer for taking interior defensive lineman early while safety, running back and other spots went begging. That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
They jumped the gun on JT Tuimoloau, taking him earlier than his grade liked. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick54 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins in pick No. 54 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick74 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
You do not let an offensive lineman like Dylan Fairchild reach No. 74 and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick110 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
Value said wait; Rylie Mills in the 110th pick says they were not listening. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick113 Rnd4 Zane Durant
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the Round 4 slot on Zane Durant with safety, running back and other spots unsolved.
Pick139 Rnd5 Danny Stutsman
Steal is underselling it; Danny Stutsman at Round 5, Pick 2 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick145 Rnd5 Kevin Jennings
A wild overpay on Kevin Jennings in the 145th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jake Majors
They robbed the room for Jake Majors here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jaylin Smith
A straight-up fair deal on Jaylin Smith at the Round 7 slot, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.