Scott Fitterer’s Year 2 review: The 2022 draft

In this series we are looking back on Scott Fitterer’s second year as the Carolina Panthers general manager and assessing his performance in salary cap management (here), free agent signings (here), the 2022 draft, and player trades. This week we’ll evaluate the early returns of Fitterer’s most recent draft class.

The higher a player was drafted, the higher the expectations are. A “C” grade means the player met expectations based on where he was drafted. Anything above a “C” means he exceeded expectations for where he was drafted and anything below means he fell short.

Now, this is just my personal perspective, but here’s what should reasonably be expected from rookies during Year 1 based on…