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Draft Selections
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (CAR)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (CAR)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CAR)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Braiden McGregor Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (CAR)
Braiden McGregor
DE-EDGE Michigan
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Panthers spent the Round 6 slot on Braiden McGregor, a name most had 37 spots down the list.

They punted on wide receiver, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The back end got a real overhaul.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
By-the-book stuff, Ennis Rakestraw Jr. at pick No. 33 squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick65 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
A straight-up fair deal on Payton Wilson at the Round 3 slot, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick102 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
They took Khyree Jackson at par in pick 102, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick141 Rnd5 Khristian Boyd
Value said wait; Khristian Boyd in No. 141 says they were not listening. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick165 Rnd5 Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett in the 165th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick180 Rnd6 Braiden McGregor
A big swing on Braiden McGregor at slot 180, well ahead of any board in the building. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.