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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Bradyn Swinson Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Bradyn Swinson
DE-EDGE LSU
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (CAR)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (CAR)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CAR)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CAR)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Que Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (CAR)
Que Robinson
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

The war room fell hard for Que Robinson, and it showed at pick 163: 88 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

On value alone, Moore makes the weekend a net positive. A whole weekend of picks and offensive lineman is somehow still a want.

On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In the 8th overall pick they get a home-run threat at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick57 Rnd2 Bradyn Swinson
Bradyn Swinson in the 57th pick is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick74 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
Andrew Mukuba at the Round 3 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick111 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
No edge and no loss on Smael Mondon Jr. in slot 111; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick114 Rnd4 O'Donnell Fortune
They took O'Donnell Fortune at par in No. 114, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick140 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
Somehow Malachi Moore was still sitting there in Round 5, Pick 2, and they pounced on premier safety value. It fills a real need, too.
Pick146 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
Steal is underselling it; Darius Alexander at No. 146 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick163 Rnd5 Que Robinson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Que Robinson well ahead of where he belonged. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick227 Rnd7 Kyren Lacy
Kyren Lacy at pick No. 227 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.