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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (CAR)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (CAR)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (CAR)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (CAR)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CAR)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (CAR)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (CAR)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (CAR)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CAR)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (ATL)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PHI)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (PHI)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (PHI)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (ATL)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (GB)
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Draft Picks Traded
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (PHI)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Players Gained
Head Shot
Parris Campbell
WR
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureB+
Grand theft in the 142nd overall pick: the Panthers steal Goncalves and grade out a B+.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Matt Goncalves, the 142nd pick, roughly 28 picks past where he belonged. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

If Bortolini pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
Cooper DeJean at pick No. 33 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick65 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson slipping to No. 65 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick79 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk in pick 79 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick101 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
They took Cole Bishop at par in the 101st pick, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick120 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
They did well to land Cedric Gray in the 120th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick142 Rnd5 Matt Goncalves
Matt Goncalves at Round 5, Pick 6 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick161 Rnd5 Layden Robinson
Layden Robinson at the Round 5 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick166 Rnd5 Tykee Smith
Tykee Smith at slot 166 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick171 Rnd5 Tanor Bortolini
Tanor Bortolini in the 171st overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick187 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
They robbed the room for Jared Wiley here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick219 Rnd6 Jordan Magee
They paid sticker price for Jordan Magee in pick 219, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick240 Rnd7 Trevin Wallace
Fair-plus on Trevin Wallace, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.