NFL Network’s draft analyst Mike Mayock has released his top five players of each position for the 2018 NFL Draft. He doesn’t provide any explanation for his choices, other than the assumed “film study” that he does for each of these players. But, even though he doesn’t provide any reasoning for his rankings, the information is still worth discussing.
Because there are some positions the Panthers will likely avoid in this year’s draft, I’ve only shared a selection of Mayock’s list. If you’re interested, you can read all of his position rankings here.
(Note: I’ve listed these in the same order of the original article, not in order of draft preference.