2026 Mock Drafts

[PanthersNCSU]

On 3/12/2026 at 3:58 PM, Jay Roosevelt said:

I would do unspeakable things for this draft. I think that's 5 contributors next season, and know nothing about TJ Hall, but fine by me. 

[Jay Roosevelt]

Did a fair bit of trading in this one...

[45catfan]

[Basbear]

 

[CanadianCat]

I love mock draft season ... but I dont ever watch college football. So Im just learning about these guys.. 

 

And holy crap.. Kenyon Sadiq........................................................

 

If he's there......

[jfra78]

[Jay Roosevelt]

One of my more interesting attempts here. More trading than usual and the board fell differently than it usually does.

[Basbear]

On 3/17/2026 at 9:54 AM, CanadianCat said:

I love mock draft season ... but I dont ever watch college football. So Im just learning about these guys.. 

 

And holy crap.. Kenyon Sadiq........................................................

 

If he's there......

That the point of using the mocks, at least for me. I too, do not follow college like I use too. Now you can use the mock sim and learn about players within the picks(or course it changes if trades happen). 

Still I look at pick 13-18 (same for other rounds)and include that into learning, cause even these draft sims don't know how teams will draft. Then you factor in needs and wants and BANG you have "cheated" your way into becoming a draft...a panther draft "expert". You can also use the public knowledge of player visits and layer it over the mock sims too, gives you another understanding.

You don't need to "research" 150 players, just the ones around when Panthers are schedule to pick. Then you form "favorites" and such to make the draft more interesting. 

Now I've exposed myself, wave to those Canadian geese for me......

Edited 1 hour ago by Basbear

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, Basbear said:

That the point of using the mocks, at least for me. I too, do not follow college like I use too. Now you can use the mock sim and learn about players within the picks(or course it changes if trades happen). 

Still I look at pick 13 and include that into learning, cause even these draft sims don't know how teams will draft. Then you factor in needs and wants and BANG you have "cheated" your way into becoming a draft...a panther draft "expert". You can also use the public knowledge of player visits and layer it over the mock sims too, gives you another understanding.

You don't need to "research" 150 players, just the ones around when Panthers are schedule to pick. Then you form "favorites" and such to make the draft more interesting. 

Now I've exposed myself, wave to those Canadian geese for me......

The teams researched this class over a year ago. All they had to do is gather the scouts and rank them according to their criteria. That’s their secret sauce for breaking down a draft class.

I think I heard Dan say in a recent interview that they started with nearly 1000 players and eventually cut it down to 250 before the combine.

They pretty much know what group will be available to them at all their picks so I bet they have their board narrowed Dan to less than 50, give or take a dozen. But they have done research on every draft prospect plus all possible UDFA’s.

I’ve given up on trying to predict a draft because there’s 32 teams out there and they all have their own rankings and their own agenda.

[Basbear]

12 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

The teams researched this class over a year ago. All they had to do is gather the scouts and rank them according to their criteria. That’s their secret sauce for breaking down a draft class.

I think I heard Dan say in a recent interview that they started with nearly 1000 players and eventually cut it down to 250 before the combine.

They pretty much know what group will be available to them at all their picks so I bet they have their board narrowed Dan to less than 50, give or take a dozen. But they have done research on every draft prospect plus all possible UDFA’s.

I’ve given up on trying to predict a draft because there’s 32 teams out there and they all have their own rankings and their own agenda.

I was a former draft nut and had ample time in the 2010s. I too researched about the consensus top 150, it made me hate marty herniay more. Like you the other teams not knowing, it killed my "want to" to spend the hours. Teams are soooo much better now, but during that time it was after the mid 3rd, then everyone had different draft boards now. After early 5th, pure dart tossing by some teams. I stopped caring sooo much about the 6th and 7th rounds too(minus the Trey Smith >> LS, smith is the highest paid OG now)..

Before like that I never cared much about about the draft, then I went full-draft nut...now Im more of a "normie" draft fan with cheats. Just a panther fan and whoever they pick, I try to support to my best....Even with BY, a was 100% against, but gave him until "I didn't do anything this off-season" with his his tooth-tick arms and "whatever mindset"/////. I mean I know much more around the guys in 15-30 than the top 10, except styles......

I've gone thought all draft phases, the current one is the best one for now...