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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (CAR)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (CAR)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (CAR)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CAR)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the Round 7 slot lands the Panthers a B, Gadsden II and all.

The board owed the Panthers one, and it paid up: Oronde Gadsden II, the No. 142 name on the board, sitting there at slot 227 like a gift left on the doorstep. No fireworks, but a solid B.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Circle this one: Jalon Walker at pick 57 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick74 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
Isaiah Bond at Round 3, Pick 10 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick109 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
They barely believed it either: Andrew Mukuba still on the board at the 109th pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick112 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
They will replay Denzel Burke at pick No. 112 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick139 Rnd5 Joshua Farmer
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Joshua Farmer reach the 139th overall pick and blink. They did not. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick145 Rnd5 Dylan Sampson
Dylan Sampson in slot 145 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick162 Rnd5 Dylan Fairchild
They robbed the room for Dylan Fairchild here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick227 Rnd7 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at the 227th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.