Round 5: The Carolina Panthers select S Zakee Wheatley (Penn State)

[Jackie Lee]

They like him in the slot too? Sounds like he can stay on the field if he pans out

 

[rmoneyg35]

2 hours ago, shaq said:

Penn State Alum and mega fan here, this dude is already a better safety than Nick Scott. He’s a true FS, he has length and range and can actually play back. Fell because he ran a 4.62 40, other then that he has every trait. Best pick of our draft!!!

Kyle Hamilton ran a 4.59, kam chancellor ran a 4.69.

 

40 times are over rated.

[Fox007]

This draft is looking pretty solid, we are getting high value picks at positions of need.

One pick may be a slight reach but its not a stupid out of pocket pick to get a NT given our defense. Then we do pick up S and CB while also getting another Center so all but one pick was good players who dropped to us and just lucky that its a position of need because all of our picks are smart picks on paper which is all we got now as always.

[Jay Roosevelt]

2 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

OK?    Special teams player i guess

I mean it's the 5th round.

[RevJ]

3 hours ago, shaq said:

Penn State Alum and mega fan here, this dude is already a better safety than Nick Scott. He’s a true FS, he has length and range and can actually play back. Fell because he ran a 4.62 40, other then that he has every trait. Best pick of our draft!!!

In all fairness, my neighbor's Labradoodle is probably a better safety than Nick Scott

[CarolinaLivin]

 

[imminent rogaine]

Welcome aboard, Zakey!

 

[Cam's New Arm]

6 hours ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Looks like he is a solid tackler. Need that. 

Like that.

[Bear Hands]

Wheatley is the pick I'm pretty stoked about.  

Size - Check

Football IQ - Check

Fundamentals - Check

Comes from a big program - Check

*Roamer - Can play two high, single high and slot

*Notably has a balanced Pass/Rush D skillset.  Not really deficient at either.

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Surprised he was there but this was a loaded safety class.  Hope we got one of the guys that rises to the top once we get to real games.  

Hope he kills it and we can have a bit of a rotation with him and Ransom in 5/6DB sets.

 

[strato]

 

[csx]

22 minutes ago, strato said:

 

Who were they discussing at first? I cant find any name similar to that. 

[strato]

24 minutes ago, csx said:

Who were they discussing at first? I cant find any name similar to that. 

From memory, the S from SC that was still on the board. Forget his name. 

 Pretty sure that’s what you are asking about. He said he didn’t want to speak on him because he didn’t scout him. Sidestepped. 

Edited April 26 by strato

[csx]

16 minutes ago, strato said:

From memory, the S from SC that was still on the board. Forget his name. 

 Pretty sure that’s what you are asking about. He said he didn’t want to speak on him because he didn’t scout him. Sidestepped. 

No before that. The international player they discussed that it seems like we brought in from what they were saying. Sounded like Mozz.

I assume its this guy but Kaye insisted on using a nickname most people would not know.

https://www.panthers.com/team/players-roster/mapalo-mwansa/

 

Edited April 26 by csx

[strato]

30 minutes ago, csx said:

No before that. The international player they discussed that it seems like we brought in from what they were saying. Sounded like Mozz.

I assume its this guy but Kaye insisted on using a nickname most people would not know.

https://www.panthers.com/team/players-roster/mapalo-mwansa/

 

Oh yeah. I didn’t catch that either. I guess whoever the current roster exemption is for the foreigners might be who they mean. Apparently the guy is the Euro or International scout along with the NE. Too tired now to run it down. 
well I looked but it is a bit of a google maze. I see the name Junior Aho but I don’t think that’s the guy he meant. 

Edited April 26 by strato