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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CAR)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CAR)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CAR)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (CAR)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CAR)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (CAR)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (CAR)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Stone Handy Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CAR)
Stone Handy
LB-EDGE Charlotte
Draft Grade — Panthers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Panthers checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Stone Handy in No. 227, a good 75 spots before the room expected him.

That Castro pick is the receipt they will wave around later. For all the activity, offensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the offensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
Abdul Carter in the 8th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick54 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker in slot 54 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick74 Rnd3 Colston Loveland
They will replay Colston Loveland at the Round 3 slot for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick110 Rnd4 Devin Neal
You do not let a running back like Devin Neal reach the 110th overall pick and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Pick113 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Tez Johnson in Round 4, Pick 12, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick139 Rnd5 Zane Durant
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Zane Durant. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick145 Rnd5 Sebastian Castro
They barely believed it either: Sebastian Castro still on the board at the 145th overall pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick162 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
O'Donnell Fortune in Round 5, Pick 25 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick227 Rnd7 Stone Handy
They reached into another round for Stone Handy, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.