What kind of player can the Panthers reasonably expect to draft at No. 19?
Carolina drafts at No. 19 in this year. To project the type of player they may land, let’s look back on past drafts.
Feb 25, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Carolina Panthers general manager Dan Morgan speaks during the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Few things fill NFL fans with more hope than first round picks. It’s part of our nature as football fans to pull up our favorite team’s list of upcoming picks then selectively scour Football Reference to see which Hall of Famers were drafted somewhere near where our team picks.
For us as Panthers fans, that’s No. 19 this year. As we look forward to April’s draft with high hopes Carolina will land a stud an No.
19, let’s also take a look back on previous drafts and see what types of players have actually been selected around that part of the draft. In order for us to have enough recent, valid data points to reference, let’s give players at least four NFL seasons before we grade them so nobody drafted after 2022. Let’s also consider not only pick 19, but the pick that precedes it (No.
18) and follows it (No. 20). And while this is subjective, I’ll do my best to fit each player into one of five boxes to summarize their career to this point: Fringe player, Reserve, Average Starter, Quality Starter, and Absolute Stud.
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