200212'S MOCK DRAFT
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200212'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 18, 2025

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  • 200212 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Panthers
Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Mitchell Evans Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CAR)
Mitchell Evans
TE Notre Dame
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CAR)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Ty Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CAR)
Ty Robinson
DL Nebraska
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (CAR)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (CAR)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Carson Vinson Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (CAR)
Carson Vinson
OT Alabama A&M
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (CAR)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Draft Picks Received
Mitchell Evans Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (NYG)
Mitchell Evans
TE Notre Dame
Ty Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Ty Robinson
DL Nebraska
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NYG)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (HOU)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Carson Vinson Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Carson Vinson
OT Alabama A&M
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (NYG)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (NYG)
Kaimon Rucker
DE-EDGE North Carolina
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (HOU)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (NYG)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers let Skattebo fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Panthers were there to profit. Cam Skattebo, the No. 88 name on the board, should have been long gone before No. 111. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They are betting Buchanan proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

On the needs board they went 7 of 9, with wide receiver the one that mattered most. Trading back for volume was the quiet throughline of their weekend.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In pick 8 they get a matchup problem out wide at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts slipping to No. 57 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick74 Rnd3 Carson Schwesinger
A tidy little value on Carson Schwesinger in pick No. 74, a step better than break-even. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick111 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
They robbed the room for Cam Skattebo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick114 Rnd4 Anthony Belton
Anthony Belton in the 114th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick154 Rnd5 Mitchell Evans
Mitchell Evans at the 154th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick163 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
Good price on O'Donnell Fortune in slot 163, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick166 Rnd5 Ty Robinson
Ty Robinson in Round 5, Pick 28 is fair value, right on his grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick219 Rnd7 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
The board fumbled KeAndre Lambert-Smith all the way to the 219th pick, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick236 Rnd7 Karene Reid
Karene Reid in Round 7, Pick 20 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick241 Rnd7 Carson Vinson
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 7 slot with a little surplus value in Carson Vinson. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick246 Rnd7 Teddye Buchanan
They paid up for Teddye Buchanan at pick No. 246 when waiting would have done the job. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.