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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (CAR)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
Kai Kroeger Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (CAR)
Kai Kroeger
P South Carolina
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (CAR)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CAR)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Jimmy Horn Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Jimmy Horn Jr.
WR Colorado
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Panthers.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Panthers would have aced it. Kai Kroeger at pick No. 112 is 144 spots clear of where he belonged.

They banked enough surplus on Starks to cover a lot of smaller sins. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Spending an early pick on specialist with edge rusher, offensive lineman and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In Round 1, Pick 8 they get a red-zone target to build around at fair value.
Pick57 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Taking Malaki Starks in the 57th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick74 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
You do not let a safety like Xavier Watts reach slot 74 and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick109 Rnd4 Ryan Fitzgerald
A want over a need in pick 109: Ryan Fitzgerald adds a specialist while edge rusher, offensive lineman and other spots keeps waiting.
Pick112 Rnd4 Kai Kroeger
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went specialist with Kai Kroeger while clear needs at edge rusher, offensive lineman and other spots sat open.
Pick139 Rnd5 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills at pick No. 139 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick145 Rnd5 Kobe King
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kobe King in No. 145. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick162 Rnd5 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant in the 162nd 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.
Pick227 Rnd7 Jimmy Horn Jr.
Jimmy Horn Jr. at the 227th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.