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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CAR)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (CAR)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Hunter Nourzad Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (CAR)
Hunter Nourzad
C Penn State
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CAR)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Draft Picks Received
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (BAL)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Draft Picks Traded
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (ARI)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Isaiah Adams Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (BAL)
Isaiah Adams
OT Illinois
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Terrace Marshall Jr.
WR
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesD+ FutureC+
Larceny in No. 240 lands the Panthers a C+, Thomas and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Nathan Thomas, pick No. 240, roughly 42 picks past where he belonged. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.

They will need Legette to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In the end, one you will need a couple of seasons to truly judge.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at Round 2, Pick 1 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick39 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
No drama and no debate, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. went about where he belonged in slot 39. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick65 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
They paid up for Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at the 65th pick when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick90 Rnd3 Ben Sinnott
They jumped the gun on Ben Sinnott, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick93 Rnd3 Jermaine Burton
Jermaine Burton in the 93rd overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick142 Rnd5 Hunter Nourzad
Somehow Hunter Nourzad was still sitting there in No. 142, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It fills a real need, too.
Pick240 Rnd7 Nathan Thomas
Taking Nathan Thomas in pick No. 240 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.