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Draft Selections
Shemar Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Shemar Stewart
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
Kaimon Rucker
DE-EDGE North Carolina
Sai'vion Jones Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Sai'vion Jones
DE-EDGE LSU
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CAR)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Tommi Hill Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CAR)
Tommi Hill
CB Nebraska
Akili Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (CAR)
Akili Arnold
S USC
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers let McMillan fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Tetairoa McMillan, No. 74, roughly 63 picks past where he belonged.

Reaching for Rucker left real value on the table behind him. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Shemar Stewart
Shemar Stewart at No. 8 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick57 Rnd2 Kyle Kennard
They reached a country mile for Kyle Kennard at the 57th pick, and the board is aghast. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick74 Rnd3 Tetairoa McMillan
Tetairoa McMillan in the Round 3 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick111 Rnd4 Kaimon Rucker
They talked themselves into Kaimon Rucker at slot 111, and the board did not agree. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick114 Rnd4 Sai'vion Jones
They left a pile of value on the table to take Sai'vion Jones this early at pick No. 114. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick140 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
No drama and no debate, Hollin Pierce went about where he belonged in Round 5, Pick 2. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick146 Rnd5 Cody Simon
Cody Simon in pick 146 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Tommi Hill
A clean, defensible pick in the 163rd overall pick with a little surplus value in Tommi Hill. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick230 Rnd7 Akili Arnold
Good price on Akili Arnold in No. 230, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It patches a soft spot without any drama.