Carolina Panthers Draft History

225 total draft picks | 30 first-round picks | 1995–2025

Since 1980, the Carolina Panthers franchise has drafted 239 players in the NFL Draft, 32 of them in the first round. 2 of those picks are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Julius Peppers (2002) and Luke Kuechly (2012). By career Approximate Value, the most productive pick was Julius Peppers (DE, North Carolina), taken in round 1 of the 2002 draft. The biggest value pick was Steve Smith Sr., a round-3 selection in 2001 who made 5 Pro Bowls. Of the picks made through 2025, 26 (11%) made at least one Pro Bowl and 90% appeared in at least one NFL game. The most common school was Georgia, with 8 picks.

Figures cover the 1980–2026 drafts. Source: nflverse.

Franchise Stat Leaders

31,385 Passing Yards Kerry Collins
8,099 Rushing Yards DeAngelo Williams
9,769 Receiving Yards Muhsin Muhammad
199 Games Played Thomas Davis

All Draft Picks

YearRdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
2025 1 8 CAR Tetairoa McMillan WR Arizona
2025 2 51 CAR Nic Scourton LB Texas A&M, Purdue
2025 3 77 CAR Princely Umanmielen LB Mississippi, Florida
2025 4 114 CAR Trevor Etienne RB Georgia, Florida
2025 4 122 CAR Lathan Ransom SAF Ohio State
2025 5 140 CAR Cam Jackson DT Florida, Memphis
2025 5 163 CAR Mitchell Evans TE Notre Dame
2025 6 208 CAR Jimmy Horn Jr. WR Colorado, University of South Florida
2024 1 32 CAR Xavier Legette WR South Carolina
2024 2 46 CAR Jonathon Brooks RB Texas
2024 3 72 CAR Trevin Wallace LB Kentucky
2024 4 101 CAR Ja'Tavion Sanders TE Texas
2024 5 157 CAR Chau Smith-Wade CB Washington State
2024 6 200 CAR Jaden Crumedy DT Mississippi State
2024 7 240 CAR Michael Barrett LB Michigan
2023 1 1 CAR Bryce Young QB Alabama
2023 2 39 CAR Jonathan Mingo WR Mississippi
2023 3 80 CAR DJ Johnson LB Oregon, Miami
2023 4 114 CAR Chandler Zavala G N.C. State, Fairmont State
2023 5 145 CAR Jammie Robinson SAF Florida State
2022 1 6 CAR Ikem Ekwonu OT N.C. State
2022 3 94 CAR Matt Corral QB Mississippi
2022 4 120 CAR Brandon Smith LB Penn State
2022 6 189 CAR Amare Barno LB Virginia Tech
2022 6 199 CAR Cade Mays C Tennessee
2022 7 242 CAR Kalon Barnes CB Baylor
2021 1 8 CAR Jaycee Horn CB South Carolina
2021 2 59 CAR Terrace Marshall Jr. WR LSU
2021 3 70 CAR Brady Christensen OT BYU
2021 3 83 CAR Tommy Tremble TE Notre Dame
2021 4 126 CAR Chuba Hubbard RB Oklahoma State
2021 5 158 CAR Daviyon Nixon DT Iowa
2021 6 193 CAR Deonte Brown G Alabama
2021 6 204 CAR Shi Smith WR South Carolina
2021 6 222 CAR Thomas Fletcher LS Alabama
2021 7 232 CAR Phil Hoskins DT Kentucky
2020 1 7 CAR Derrick Brown DE Auburn
2020 2 38 CAR Yetur Gross-Matos DE Penn State
2020 2 64 CAR Jeremy Chinn SAF Southern Illinois
2020 4 113 CAR Troy Pride CB Notre Dame
2020 4 113 CAR Troy Pride Jr. CB Notre Dame
2020 5 152 CAR Kenny Robinson SAF West Virginia
2020 6 184 CAR Bravvion Roy DT Baylor
2020 7 221 CAR Stantley Thomas-Oliver CB Florida International
2020 7 221 CAR Stantley Thomas-Oliver III CB Florida International
2019 1 16 CAR Brian Burns LB Florida State
2019 3 100 CAR Will Grier QB West Virginia, Florida State
2019 4 115 CAR Christian Miller LB Alabama
2019 5 154 CAR Jordan Scarlett RB Florida
2019 6 212 CAR Dennis Daley OT South Carolina, Georgia Military
2019 7 237 CAR Terry Godwin WR Georgia
2018 2 55 CAR Donte Jackson CB LSU
2018 3 85 CAR Rashaan Gaulden DB Tennessee
2018 4 101 CAR Ian Thomas TE Indiana, Nassau CC
2018 4 136 CAR Marquis Haynes LB Mississippi
2018 5 161 CAR Jermaine Carter LB Maryland
2018 7 242 CAR Kendrick Norton DT Miami
2017 1 8 CAR Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford
2017 2 40 CAR Curtis Samuel WR Ohio State
2017 2 64 CAR Taylor Moton OT Western Michigan
2017 3 77 CAR Daeshon Hall DE Texas A&M
2017 5 152 CAR Corn Elder CB Miami
2017 6 192 CAR Alex Armah RB West Georgia
2017 6 192 CAR Alexander Armah DE West Georgia
2017 7 233 CAR Harrison Butker K Georgia Tech
2016 1 30 CAR Vernon Butler DT Louisiana Tech
2016 2 62 CAR James Bradberry CB Samford, Arkansas State
2016 3 77 CAR Daryl Worley CB West Virginia
2016 5 141 CAR Zack Sanchez CB Oklahoma
2016 7 252 CAR Beau Sandland TE Montana State, Miami, Pierce College
2015 1 25 CAR Shaq Thompson OLB Washington
2015 2 41 CAR Devin Funchess WR Michigan
2015 4 102 CAR Daryl Williams OT Oklahoma
2015 5 169 CAR David Mayo OLB Texas State-San Marcos, Santa Monica
2015 5 174 CAR Cameron Artis-Payne RB Auburn, Allan Hancock College
2014 1 28 CAR Kelvin Benjamin WR Florida State
2014 2 60 CAR Kony Ealy DE Missouri
2014 3 92 CAR Trai Turner G LSU
2014 4 128 CAR Tre Boston FS North Carolina
2014 5 148 CAR Bene' Benwikere CB San Jose State
2014 6 204 CAR Tyler Gaffney RB Stanford
2013 1 14 CAR Star Lotulelei DT Utah, Snow
2013 2 44 CAR Kawann Short DT Purdue
2013 4 108 CAR Edmund Kugbila OL Valdosta State
2013 5 148 CAR A.J. Klein OLB Iowa State
2013 6 182 CAR Kenjon Barner RB Oregon
2012 1 9 CAR Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College
2012 2 40 CAR Amini Silatolu OT Midwestern State, San Joaquin Delta College
2012 4 103 CAR Frank Alexander DE Oklahoma
2012 4 104 CAR Joe Adams WR Arkansas
2012 5 143 CAR Josh Norman CB Coastal Carolina
2012 6 207 CAR Brad Nortman P Wisconsin
2012 7 216 CAR D.J. Campbell S California
2011 1 1 CAR Cam Newton QB Auburn, Blinn College, Florida
2011 3 65 CAR Terrell McClain DT University of South Florida
2011 3 97 CAR Sione Fua DT Stanford
2011 4 98 CAR Brandon Hogan CB West Virginia
2011 5 132 CAR Kealoha Pilares WR Hawaii
2011 6 166 CAR Lawrence Wilson LB Connecticut
2011 6 203 CAR Zachary Williams — Washington State
2011 7 244 CAR Lee Ziemba OT Auburn
2010 2 48 CAR Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame
2010 3 78 CAR Brandon LaFell WR LSU
2010 3 89 CAR Armanti Edwards WR Appalachian State
2010 4 124 CAR Eric Norwood DE South Carolina
2010 6 175 CAR Greg Hardy DE Mississippi
2010 6 198 CAR David Gettis WR Baylor
2010 6 202 CAR Jordan Pugh DB Texas A&M
2010 6 202 CAR Jordon Pugh CB Texas A&M
2010 6 204 CAR Tony Pike QB Cincinnati
2010 7 223 CAR R.J. Stanford DB Utah
2010 7 249 CAR Robert McClain DB Connecticut
2009 2 43 CAR Everette Brown LB Florida State
2009 2 59 CAR Sherrod Martin DB Troy
2009 3 93 CAR Corvey Irvin DT Georgia, Georgia Military
2009 4 111 CAR Mike Goodson RB Texas A&M
2009 4 128 CAR Tony Fiammetta FB Syracuse
2009 5 163 CAR Duke Robinson G Oklahoma
2009 7 216 CAR Captain Munnerlyn DB South Carolina
2008 1 13 CAR Jonathan Stewart RB Oregon
2008 1 19 CAR Jeff Otah OT Pittsburgh, Valley Forge Christian College
2008 3 67 CAR Charles Godfrey FS Iowa
2008 3 74 CAR Dan Connor ILB Penn State
2008 5 141 CAR Gary Barnidge TE Louisville
2008 6 181 CAR Nick Hayden DT Wisconsin
2008 7 221 CAR Hilee Taylor DE North Carolina
2008 7 241 CAR Geoff Schwartz G Oregon
2008 7 250 CAR Mackenzy Bernadeau G Bentley College
2007 1 25 CAR Jon Beason MLB Miami
2007 2 45 CAR Dwayne Jarrett WR USC
2007 2 59 CAR Ryan Kalil C USC
2007 4 118 CAR Ryne Robinson WR Miami (Ohio)
2007 5 155 CAR Dante Rosario TE Oregon
2007 5 164 CAR Tim Shaw MLB Penn State
2006 1 27 CAR DeAngelo Williams RB Memphis
2006 2 58 CAR Richard Marshall CB Fresno State
2006 3 88 CAR James Anderson OLB Virginia Tech
2006 3 89 CAR Rashad Butler OT Miami
2006 4 121 CAR Nate Salley DB Ohio State
2006 5 155 CAR Jeff King TE Virginia Tech
2006 7 234 CAR Will Montgomery C Virginia Tech
2006 7 237 CAR Stanley McClover DE Auburn
2005 1 14 CAR Thomas Davis OLB Georgia
2005 2 54 CAR Eric Shelton RB Louisville, Florida State
2005 3 79 CAR Evan Mathis G Alabama
2005 3 89 CAR Atiyyah Ellison DT Missouri, Coffeyville CC
2005 4 121 CAR Stefan LeFors QB Louisville
2005 5 149 CAR Adam Seward LB UNLV
2005 5 169 CAR Geoff Hangartner G Texas A&M
2005 5 171 CAR Ben Emanuel DB UCLA
2005 6 189 CAR Jovan Haye DE Vanderbilt
2005 6 207 CAR Joe Berger G Michigan Tech University
2004 1 28 CAR Chris Gamble CB Ohio State
2004 2 62 CAR Keary Colbert WR USC
2004 3 94 CAR Travelle Wharton G South Carolina
2004 5 163 CAR Drew Carter WR Ohio State
2004 6 196 CAR Sean Tufts LB Colorado
2004 7 232 CAR Michael Gaines TE UCF
2003 1 8 CAR Jordan Gross OT Utah
2003 2 50 CAR Bruce Nelson C Iowa
2003 3 76 CAR Mike Seidman TE UCLA
2003 3 82 CAR Ricky Manning DB UCLA
2003 4 119 CAR Colin Branch S Stanford
2003 5 145 CAR Kindal Moorehead DT Alabama
2003 7 226 CAR Walter Young WR Illinois
2003 7 247 CAR Casey Moore RB Stanford
2002 1 2 CAR Julius Peppers DE North Carolina
2002 2 34 CAR DeShaun Foster RB UCLA
2002 3 73 CAR Will Witherspoon OLB Georgia
2002 4 100 CAR Dante Wesley DB University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas
2002 5 137 CAR Randy Fasani QB Stanford
2002 5 145 CAR Kyle Johnson RB Syracuse
2002 6 174 CAR Keith Heinrich TE Sam Houston State
2002 7 213 CAR Pete Campion OG North Dakota State
2002 7 258 CAR Brad Franklin CB Louisiana-Lafayette
2001 1 11 CAR Dan Morgan MLB Miami
2001 2 44 CAR Kris Jenkins NT Maryland
2001 4 106 CAR Chris Weinke QB Florida State
2001 5 143 CAR Jarrod Cooper DB Kansas State
2001 6 175 CAR Dee Brown RB Syracuse
2001 7 211 CAR Louis Williams C LSU
2001 7 227 CAR Mike Roberg TE Idaho
2000 1 23 CAR Rashard Anderson CB Jackson State University
2000 2 57 CAR Deon Grant S Tennessee
2000 3 82 CAR Leander Jordan OT Indiana PA, University of
2000 4 120 CAR Alvin McKinley DT Mississippi State, Holmes County JC
2000 5 147 CAR Gillis Wilson DE Southern
2000 6 182 CAR Jeno James G Auburn
2000 7 221 CAR Lester Towns LB Washington
1999 2 34 CAR Chris Terry OT Georgia
1999 2 38 CAR Mike Rucker DE Nebraska
1999 4 100 CAR Hannibal Navies LB Colorado
1999 6 175 CAR Robert Daniel DE Northwestern State
1999 7 211 CAR Tony Booth DB James Madison
1998 1 14 CAR Jason Peter DE Nebraska
1998 3 62 CAR Chuck Wiley DE LSU
1998 3 73 CAR Mitch Marrow DE Pennsylvania
1998 4 106 CAR Donald Hayes WR Wisconsin
1998 5 136 CAR Jerry Jensen LB Washington
1998 6 165 CAR Damien Richardson DB Arizona State
1998 7 196 CAR Vili Maumau DT Colorado
1998 7 196 CAR Viliami Maumau DT Colorado
1997 1 27 CAR Rae Carruth WR Colorado
1997 2 56 CAR Mike Minter FS Nebraska
1997 3 87 CAR Kinnon Tatum LB Notre Dame
1997 4 122 CAR Tarek Saleh LB Wisconsin
1997 6 189 CAR Matt Finkes LB Ohio State
1997 7 228 CAR Kris Mangum TE Mississippi, Alabama
1996 1 8 CAR Tim Biakabutuka RB Michigan
1996 2 43 CAR Muhsin Muhammad WR Michigan State
1996 3 73 CAR Winslow Oliver RB New Mexico
1996 4 111 CAR Emmanuel McDaniel DB East Carolina
1996 6 193 CAR Scott Greene RB Michigan State
1996 7 234 CAR Kerry Hicks DE Colorado
1995 1 5 CAR Kerry Collins QB Penn State
1995 1 22 CAR Tyrone Poole DB Fort Valley State College
1995 1 29 CAR Blake Brockermeyer OT Texas
1995 2 36 CAR Shawn King DE Louisiana-Monroe, LSU
1995 4 132 CAR Frank Garcia C Washington
1995 5 135 CAR Michael Senters DB Northwestern
1995 5 171 CAR Andrew Peterson G Washington
1995 6 188 CAR Steve Strahan DT Baylor
1995 6 191 CAR Jerry Colquitt QB Tennessee
1995 7 209 CAR Chad Cota DB Oregon
1995 7 249 CAR Michael Reed DB Boston College

First Round Picks (30)

YearRdPick TeamPlayerPosCollege
2025 1 8 CAR Tetairoa McMillan WR Arizona
2024 1 32 CAR Xavier Legette WR South Carolina
2023 1 1 CAR Bryce Young QB Alabama
2022 1 6 CAR Ikem Ekwonu OT N.C. State
2021 1 8 CAR Jaycee Horn CB South Carolina
2020 1 7 CAR Derrick Brown DE Auburn
2019 1 16 CAR Brian Burns LB Florida State
2017 1 8 CAR Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford
2016 1 30 CAR Vernon Butler DT Louisiana Tech
2015 1 25 CAR Shaq Thompson OLB Washington
2014 1 28 CAR Kelvin Benjamin WR Florida State
2013 1 14 CAR Star Lotulelei DT Utah, Snow
2012 1 9 CAR Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College
2011 1 1 CAR Cam Newton QB Auburn, Blinn College, Florida
2008 1 13 CAR Jonathan Stewart RB Oregon
2008 1 19 CAR Jeff Otah OT Pittsburgh, Valley Forge Christian College
2007 1 25 CAR Jon Beason MLB Miami
2006 1 27 CAR DeAngelo Williams RB Memphis
2005 1 14 CAR Thomas Davis OLB Georgia
2004 1 28 CAR Chris Gamble CB Ohio State
2003 1 8 CAR Jordan Gross OT Utah
2002 1 2 CAR Julius Peppers DE North Carolina
2001 1 11 CAR Dan Morgan MLB Miami
2000 1 23 CAR Rashard Anderson CB Jackson State University
1998 1 14 CAR Jason Peter DE Nebraska
1997 1 27 CAR Rae Carruth WR Colorado
1996 1 8 CAR Tim Biakabutuka RB Michigan
1995 1 5 CAR Kerry Collins QB Penn State
1995 1 22 CAR Tyrone Poole DB Fort Valley State College
1995 1 29 CAR Blake Brockermeyer OT Texas

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