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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CAR)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CAR)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (CAR)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (CAR)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Aaron Lewis Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CAR)
Aaron Lewis
DL-EDGE Rutgers
Woody Marks Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Woody Marks
RB USC
Draft Picks Received
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (GB)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CHI)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (GB)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (GB)
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Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (GB)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CHI)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Stanford
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CHI)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC- FutureA
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Panthers.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Aaron Lewis at the Round 5 slot is 223 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

Landing Marks that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want.

The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September. They went 6 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Malaki Starks
In slot 24 they get a ballhawk on the back end at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick39 Rnd2 Tre Harris
Nice patience on Tre Harris, who had no business lasting to pick 39. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
The board had Jihaad Campbell higher than pick No. 56, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick74 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
A quiet steal in the 74th overall pick: Alfred Collins for less than the market said. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick113 Rnd4 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston slid further than he should have, and the 113th pick is lovely value for the cornerback. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick139 Rnd5 Tory Horton
Somehow Tory Horton was still sitting there in Round 5, Pick 2, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick145 Rnd5 Lathan Ransom
They barely believed it either: Lathan Ransom still on the board at No. 145. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick162 Rnd5 Aaron Lewis
Aaron Lewis at the 162nd pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick227 Rnd7 Woody Marks
Taking Woody Marks in the Round 7 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.