After a tough 5-12 campaign, the Carolina Panthers entered the 2025 NFL Draft with one goal: build around Bryce Young. With eight picks spread across six rounds, GM Dan Morgan didn’t just check boxes — he made a statement.

The 2025 NFL draft (ESPN, ABC, ESPN App) is underway in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the Carolina Panthers kicked things off with Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan, the No. 8 pick of Round 1. Here is a breakdown of each Panthers pick: My take: Using the eighth pick on another weapon for quarterback Bryce Young instead of improving the NFL's last-place 2024 defense shows the Panthers didn't have a player on their board outside of Michigan DT Mason Graham (No.

It's not difficult to see what the Carolina Panthers had in mind going into the early rounds of the 2025 NFL draft. After scoring Bryce Young a big, shiny new weapon with consensus WR1 Tetairoa McMillan,