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As we enter June, let’s take a crack at projecting the Panthers’ initial 2023 53-man roster.
With one of the franchise’s most exciting offseasons in the books, the Carolina Panthers might be primed to contend this upcoming season. And although there still may be moves on the horizon, we can still sift through the 88-player program to make an opening-week projection.
So, here is our current set of predictions of how the team’s 53-man roster will look come Week 1.
(Side note: Players are listed in alphabetical order. So, no, this is not a depth chart projection.)
If the Panthers’ 2023 NFL draft haul could be boiled down to a GPA, this would be it:
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Have you ever had a test graded by every single teacher in your school? Well, the Carolina Panthers just have . . . kind of.
Twitter user René Bugner recently rounded up 2023 NFL draft grades from 29 evaluators across the web. Using those marks, Bugner compiled a cumulative grade point average (GPA) for each of the league’s 32 teams.
Here’s how the grades stack up:
🏈🧑🏻🎓 I´ve compiled 29 evaluations of the 2023 NFL draft and totaled the team grades.
Here is the spreadsheet. Sorted by GPA for all 32 teams.
I also sorted the 29 evaluations by GPA. From left (soft graders) to right (hard graders).
Thanks to all who give out grades every year! pic.twitter.com/lEvqCkViCT— René Bugner (@RNBWCV) May 25, 2023
Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar, who got in in Bugner’s action, had the following to add about the Panthers’ 2023 class:
The success of this draft of course depends on how well Young plays at the next level. I might have preferred C.J. Stroud here, especially given what the Panthers had to spend for the first overall pick, but we’re splitting hairs here. If Young was 6-foot-2 and weighed 220 pounds, nobody would have a question, and he has every other attribute you want in a franchise quarterback. Mingo might be a bit of an overdraft here to me, but there are a lot of people I respect who like him better than I do.
Johnson is a hybrid end whose production last season made him a bit underrated, and I absolutely love the last two picks. Zavala is one of the better power guards in this class, and he has a positive history with former college teammate Ikem Ekwonu. And Robinson might be a bit undersized, but you wouldn’t know it when you’re watching his tape — he has a tonesetter’s alpha personality that shows up all over the place. The Panthers were clearly going for players who could win in the locker room as well as on the field.
Will a 3.12 GPA, however, translate into winning on the field? Can the wiz kid Bryce Young lead his fellow rookie teammates (and the rest of the Panthers, for that matter) in acing the 2023 season?
That’s another test for another time. So study up, cats.
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Panthers safeties coach Bert Watts is excited over rookie Jammie Robinson’s “no BS” attitude.
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Jammie Robinson was all business from the moment the Carolina Panthers selected him with the 145th overall pick of the 2023 NFL draft. And apparently, his business is still boomin’.
On Thursday, new safeties coach Bert Watts spoke with reporters after closing up this week’s string of organized team activities. He was asked how much the team has explored Robinson’s versatility as a defensive back, and replied with the following:
“Jammie’s a guy that really has come in and impressed us right from the beginning—just with his knowledge, work ethic, being able to learn and pick up the defense quickly,” Watts said. “So whenever you have a young guy like that that has the ability to . . . it’s a lot of information to retain in a short amount of time, and he’s shown the ability to do that. We’re still working through it as we get through the workouts. This is early in the process, so trying to identify where our personnel best fits. But he’s shown that he can really play multiple positions.”
The 5-foot-11, 191-pounder has the chops to line up both as a safety and a nickel corner. He exhibited exactly that at the collegiate level, particularly as a two-time First-team All-ACC selection for Florida State University between 2021 and 2022.
Watts also talked about Robinson’s personality, one this defense will likely benefit from right away.
“He’s playin’ to win,” he replied. “He’s not too worried about . . as far as, if he says something, it’s gonna bother somebody. He’s more concerned about helpin’ this team and gettin’ himself better every single day. I’m excited about a personality like that because there’s no BS. You’re just, ‘Hey, let’s go to work, let’s get better.’ And he’s all about that.”
With the Panthers set on their starting safeties in Vonn Bell and Xavier Woods and with Jeremy Chinn as a possibility to fill the nickel role, Robinson may not have a featured role off the bat. But there’s always room for another dog on this defense.
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23 photos of 2023’s 145 overall pick Jammie Robinson
Here are 23 photos from the college career of 2023’s 145th overall pick and new Carolina Panthers safety Jammie Robinson.
For the second year in a row, the Panthers are the first team to come to terms with a new draftee. This time, it’s fifth-round pick Jammie Robinson.
This year’s 145th overall selection Jammie Robinson firmly believes there aren’t 144 draftees who better than him. Well, we know one thing for sure—there are zero who are faster than him when it comes to paperwork.
As announced on Tuesday morning, Robinson has agreed to terms with the Carolina Panthers. The Florida State University safety is now the first player of the entire class, let alone the team’s own, to get his deal done.
Robinson was taken in the fifth round on Saturday afternoon by Carolina. The Cordele, Ga. native, Robinson began his collegiate career at the University of South Carolina in 2019—having amassed 135 total tackles (3.5 for a loss) and two interceptions over two seasons.
He’d move on to Florida State in 2021. As a Seminole, he recorded 183 tackles (12.0 for a loss), a sack and five picks over 15 games while earning a pair of First-team All-ACC nods in the process.
Per Spotrac, Robinson’s pact will have a total value of $4.1 million.
The Panthers also wrapped up the first deal of last year’s class, having come to terms with sixth-round pick Amaré Barno on May 3, 2022.
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Here are the uniform numbers for the Panthers’ five 2023 draftees.
No. 1 overall pick Bryce Young wasn’t the only member of the Carolina Panthers’ 2023 draft class that officially got his digit this morning.
Here are the uniform numbers, as announced by the team on Tuesday, for the entire group.
Here are the salary cap details for each of the Carolina Panthers’ 2023 draftees.
Courtesy of the good folks over at Spotrac, let’s take a look at the salary cap details (when they are signed, sealed and delivered) for each of the Carolina Panthers’ 2023 draftees.
Here are the webs the newest Panthers spun back at this year’s combine.
The 2023 NFL draft was a pretty important one for the Carolina Panthers. But, they came away with just five players—two of which didn’t do much at the combine a few months back.
Nonetheless, we’re continuing our collective looks into this year’s class and—in this very case—rounding up their athletic testing from Indianapolis. So, here are the group’s spider graphs from what they did (and didn’t do) at Lucas Oil Stadium in March.
How athletic is the Panthers’ 2023 draft class? Let’s take a look at the RAS metrics for the group.
The Carolina Panthers may have gotten themselves a franchise quarterback from the 2023 NFL draft, but they did find themselves some high-end athletes as well?
Let’s see what Kent Lee Platte’s Relative Athletic Score (RAS) metrics say about this year’s class.
The Panthers gave us an inside look and listen into the draft calls for each of their 2023 selections.
Young football players who aspire to reach the NFL work much of their lives to get “the call.” It’s a moment of excitement, relief, validation and—for some—motivation.
And, luckily for us, the Carolina Panthers provided an inside look at each of those rings for their 2023 draft class. Here they are . . .
