NFL insider offers latest draft intel on Panthers

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With just two weeks left until the start of the 2025 NFL draft, ESPN analysts Matt Miller and Jordan Reid offered up the latest intel on all 32 teams—including the Carolina Panthers.

Reid takes on the Panthers, who are still expected to have a heavy focus on the defensive side of the ball. He writes:

"Looking at all of [general manager Dan Morgan's] drafts, early on he loves taking productive players from Power 4 schools," an AFC South area scout told me. Georgia edge rushers Mykel Williams and Jalon Walker have been linked to the Panthers throughout the predraft process, as both have traits the team has sought in the past. Linebacker is also a priority, as the release of franchise mainstay Shaq Thompson created a void

Walker, who has been the considered the frontrunner for Carolina's first-round pick, enters the pros with experience as both a pass rusher and an off-ball linebacker. The Salisbury, N.C. native was named a first-team All-American and the Butkus Award winner in his final season at Georgia.

His fellow Bulldog, Williams, has also garnered some buzz for the eighth overall pick. The 6-foot-5, 260-pound edge is amongst the very best run defenders in the class, so he'd be awfully useful for a Panthers defense that allowed a league-high 179.8 rushing yards per game in 2024.

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