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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (CAR)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (CAR)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (CAR)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (CAR)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (CAR)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CAR)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (CAR)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BAL)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Marshawn Kneeland Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (BAL)
Marshawn Kneeland
DE-EDGE Western Michigan
Players traded away
Head Shot
Brian Burns
EDGE
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall D
ValueB NeedA- TradesF FutureB-
The Panthers robbed the room for Mustapha. Final grade: D.

The phones were a trap the Panthers kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal.

McCaffrey has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The linebacker hole is the one line item this class does not answer. However the rest shakes out, Mustapha at that price is a win they earned.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, linebacker very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick33 Rnd2 Ladd McConkey
Ladd McConkey in No. 33 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick62 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
You do not let an edge rusher like Chris Braswell reach pick 62 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick65 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at slot 65 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick93 Rnd3 Marshawn Kneeland
Marshawn Kneeland at the 93rd overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the edge rusher. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick102 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Cam Hart slipping to pick No. 102 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick141 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
They talked themselves into Luke McCaffrey at the 141st overall pick, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick165 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Nice patience on Kitan Oladapo, who had no business lasting to slot 165. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick180 Rnd6 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha in pick 180 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.