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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (CAR)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (CAR)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (CAR)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (CAR)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers kept it disciplined and banked a B.

For all the boxes ticked, the Panthers skipped the loudest one: edge rusher is exactly as bare as it was. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The Pearsall pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Terrion Arnold
Terrion Arnold in Round 2, Pick 1 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick65 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at pick 65 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick101 Rnd4 Payton Wilson
They paid sticker price for Payton Wilson in the 101st pick, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick138 Rnd5 Ricky Pearsall
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Ricky Pearsall at No. 138. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick164 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore at pick No. 164 is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick180 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark slipping to the 180th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick222 Rnd7 Zy Alexander
Zy Alexander at slot 222 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.