Drew Rigley

The #Panthers have officially picked up Bryce Young’s fifth year option.

#Panthers RB Jonathan Brooks has been fully cleared and will be ready to go.

In 2025, Sam Hecht had a 80.3 PFF grade, 4th among 307 centers. 🔥 He allowed 7 total pressures, ZERO sacks, ZERO hits, and had ZERO penalties. (Per @PFF) Panthers got a good one ‼️‼️‼️ #KeepPounding #NFLDraft

The #Panthers are also signing Duke DT Aaron Hall as a UDFA.

The #Panthers are signing Georgia Tech QB Haynes King as a UDFA.

Your Carolina #Panthers 2026 Draft Class: Rd 1: OT Monroe Freeling Rd 2: DT Lee Hunter Rd 3: WR Chris Brazzell II Rd 4: CB Will Lee III Rd 5: C Sam Hecht Rd 5: S Zakee Wheatley Rd 7: LB Jakcson Kuwatch

Just going to leave this here… We will discuss this at length on next week’s episode of JJ and Luke! h/t: @sfdata9ers

With the 144th pick the #Panthers get their Center Sam Hecht!

With the 129th pick the #Panthers select CB Will Lee lll from Texas A&M.

Panthers currently have: 129 144 158 200 *these, as we've seen, are subject to change

The #Panthers now have a better fifth-round pick than they did before the Lee Hunter trade, and they moved back 10 spots in the fourth to basically make that trade up little more than a cliff note.

TRADE AGAIN: The #Panthers are moving back again this time with the Bears. They will trade away 124 and 166 for 129 and 144.

TRADE: The #Panthers are trading back with the Jaguars for picks 119 and 196 for 124 and 166.

Panthers Fans! I called this fit before the draft 👀 Chris Brazzell II can FLY. He might be the vertical threat we need to stretch the defense #KeepPounding #nfldraft

#Panthers 2026 draft so far: OT Monroe Freeling DT Lee Hunter WR Chris Brazzell II

Lee Hunter on the Panthers trading up for him: “I’m ready to run through a f*ckin brick wall for them”

Lee Hunter tape.

Lee Hunter Ranks Among DTs (Since 2023) ⚔️ 146 Tackles (1st) ⚔️ 38 TFL’s/No Gain (1st) ⚔️ 81 Run Stops (1st) ⚔️ 75 QB Pressures (2nd) Stats via #PFF

Round 1 NFL Draft grades, via @HaydenWinks:

That's what @OfficialAJHawk is saying 😂😂 #PMSDraftSpectacular