The Panthers are currently going through an exhaustive evaluation process, after trading up from the ninth overall pick to first overall, parting ways with the ninth pick and the 61st overall pick in the 2023 draft, a first rounder in the 2024 draft, a 2025 second-round pick, and wide receiver D.J. Moore. The Panthers sent an armada of executives to both C.J. Stroud’s and Bryce Young’s pro days, along with solid crews to see Anthony Richardson’s and Will Levis’s pro days.
While the Panthers are mum on who they want to take at No. 1 as of this writing, we believe they already have their minds made up, and that’s for former Ohio State QB C.