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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Sai'vion Jones Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Sai'vion Jones
DE-EDGE LSU
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CAR)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CAR)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

The war room fell hard for Que Robinson, and it showed at Round 4, Pick 12: 137 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

On value alone, Bryant makes the weekend a net positive. They will regret leaving linebacker for another day if the season turns on it.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In slot 8 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A real need, handled.
Pick57 Rnd2 Deone Walker
Deone Walker in pick 57 is fair value, right on his grade. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick74 Rnd3 Sai'vion Jones
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Sai'vion Jones well ahead of where he belonged. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick111 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
You do not let a wide receiver like Jayden Higgins reach the 111th overall pick and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick114 Rnd4 Que Robinson
A wild overpay on Que Robinson in No. 114, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick140 Rnd5 Brashard Smith
Taking Brashard Smith in the Round 5 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick146 Rnd5 Ajani Cornelius
Ajani Cornelius at the 146th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick163 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
They barely believed it either: O'Donnell Fortune still on the board at No. 163. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick227 Rnd7 Cobee Bryant
Circle this one: Cobee Bryant at the Round 7 slot is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.