ESPN Analytics says QB Ty Simpson is 3rd-likeliest prospect to be picked by Panthers at 19
According to ESPN Analytics' Draft Day Predictor, QB Ty Simpson is the third-likeliest selection for the Panthers with the 19th overall pick.
Maybe this is a little crazy, but has anyone considered that the Carolina Panthers could use their first-round pick of the 2026 NFL Draft on a quarterback? Well, the numbers over at ESPN Analytics have indicated as much. In fact, their NFL Draft Day Predictor —a tool that projects which prospects have the best chances of being selected with each of the top 96 picks—is making it seem like a decent possibility.
According to the Predictor, University of Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson has about an 8. 3-percent chance of ending up as the 19th overall pick. That percentage is the third-highest at Carolina's spot, behind only University of Oregon safety Dillon Thieneman (12 percent) and Indiana University wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr.
(~9. 5 percent). We might be going out on a limb here, but the chances of the Panthers using that 19th pick on Simpson are probably much closer to 0.
0 percent than they are to 8. 3. Between an encouraging 2025 campaign from 2023 No.