Willyboys'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • Willyboys DRAFTING FOR THE
    Panthers
Draft Selections
Mykel Williams Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Mykel Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Ahmed Hassanein Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Ahmed Hassanein
DL-EDGE Boise State
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CAR)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CAR)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Collin Oliver Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Collin Oliver
LB-EDGE Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall C+
ValueD NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers land in the muddy middle: C+.

Some picks age like wine; Ahmed Hassanein at Round 3, Pick 10 will need to, sitting 151 spots clear of his grade. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

On value alone, Noel makes the weekend a net positive. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

They went 4 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Mykel Williams
In the 8th pick they get juice off the edge, even if it was a touch early. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Demetrius Knight Jr.
They took Demetrius Knight Jr. at par in pick No. 57, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick74 Rnd3 Ahmed Hassanein
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ahmed Hassanein in the Round 3 slot, miles early. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick111 Rnd4 Que Robinson
Que Robinson at the 111th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick114 Rnd4 Oluwafemi Oladejo
They left a pile of value on the table to take Oluwafemi Oladejo this early at Round 4, Pick 12. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick140 Rnd5 Jaylin Noel
They robbed the room for Jaylin Noel here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick146 Rnd5 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. at slot 146 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick163 Rnd5 Nazir Stackhouse
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Nazir Stackhouse. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick227 Rnd7 Collin Oliver
Collin Oliver in pick No. 227 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.