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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CAR)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (CAR)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (CAR)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (CAR)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CAR)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (CAR)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (CAR)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Kendall Milton Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CAR)
Kendall Milton
RB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (PHI)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (WSH)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Draft Picks Traded
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (PHI)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (WSH)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (PHI)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (PHI)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Players Gained
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Percy Butler
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Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA FutureB-
Holker should have been long gone. The Panthers pounced, and earned a B+.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Dallin Holker tumbling to the Panthers in the 210th pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 6 of 9 of the wish list covered.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
In No. 24 they get a No. 1 receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Good price on Troy Franklin in Round 2, Pick 8, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick65 Rnd3 Adisa Isaac
A slide stopped in the Round 3 slot, with Adisa Isaac worth more than the price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick87 Rnd3 DJ James
DJ James in the 87th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick100 Rnd3 Gabriel Murphy
Gabriel Murphy at the 100th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick166 Rnd5 Josh Newton
Taking Josh Newton in pick No. 166 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick210 Rnd6 Dallin Holker
They will replay Dallin Holker at slot 210 for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick222 Rnd7 Walter Rouse
Circle this one: Walter Rouse at pick 222 is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
Pick240 Rnd7 Kendall Milton
A running back of that caliber at No. 240 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.