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Draft Selections
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (CAR)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (CAR)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (CAR)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CAR)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Kimani Vidal Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CAR)
Kimani Vidal
RB Troy
Draft Picks Received
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (WSH)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NYG)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (WSH)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (IND)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureA+
The Panthers got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the C+.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Panthers took Drake Nugent a full 45 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

Getting Pearsall where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick100 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Fair-plus on Brenden Rice, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick101 Rnd4 Ricky Pearsall
Circle this one: Ricky Pearsall at Round 4, Pick 1 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick117 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
They did well to land Matt Goncalves in the Round 4 slot, just ahead of his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick139 Rnd5 Will Shipley
Will Shipley at the 139th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick142 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
A straight-up fair deal on Luke McCaffrey at the 142nd pick, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick166 Rnd5 Drake Nugent
They left a pile of value on the table to take Drake Nugent this early at slot 166. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick240 Rnd7 Kimani Vidal
Kimani Vidal in slot 240 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.