NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein has the Carolina Panthers selecting Alabama quarterback Mac Jones with the No. 8 pick in April’s NFL draft.
Here’s what Zierlein says of the projected pick:
Carolina gets a quarterback with good accuracy and quick eyes who is coming off of a season that was eerily similar to Joe Burrow’s when Panthers OC Joe Brady coached him at LSU.
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Jones and his Alabama Crimson Tide won the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship in January, throttling Ohio State 52-24.