Panthers select Chau Smith-Wade with the no. 157 overall pick

Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty ImagesThe Carolina Panthers have selected cornerback Chau Smith-Wade with the 157th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The Washington State product and Colorado native has experience playing both corner and safety across 33 college games since his freshman year.

Smith-Wade is a slightly undersized corner at 5’11” with a limited athletic profile. He also has only three interceptions to his name, with zero in his senior season. That said, his senior season, and potentially some of his athletic testing, was cut short by a shoulder injury.

Chau Smith-Wade is a CB prospect in the 2024 draft class. He scored an unofficial 4.57 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked…