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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (CAR)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (CAR)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jahdae Barron
S Texas
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (CAR)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (CAR)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (CAR)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (CAR)
Ashton Gillotte
DL-EDGE Louisville
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (CAR)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CLE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NYG)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CLE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (CLE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NYG)
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PICK: RND: 7 (NYJ)
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Draft Picks Traded
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CLE)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C+
ValueA NeedB+ TradesF FutureB+
The Panthers cashed the board's mistake on Restrepo: C+.

The Panthers did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Xavier Restrepo fell into the 231st overall pick. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker. The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In slot 8 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tate Ratledge at Round 2, Pick 8 is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick45 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka at No. 45 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick65 Rnd3 Ashton Jeanty
Taking Ashton Jeanty in the 65th pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick102 Rnd4 Jahdae Barron
Circle this one: Jahdae Barron at the 102nd overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick109 Rnd4 Walter Nolen
They will replay Walter Nolen at pick No. 109 for years; that is how good the value is. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick139 Rnd5 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum at the Round 5 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick143 Rnd5 Josaiah Stewart
They robbed the room for Josaiah Stewart here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick159 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
A top-tier quarterback at a bargain, Kurtis Rourke in pick 159, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick217 Rnd7 Ashton Gillotte
Ashton Gillotte at No. 217 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick231 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo in pick No. 231 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.