NFL Draft Coverage
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Sam Howell makes it official: he will enter his name into the 2022 NFL Draft
UNC quarterback Sam Howell set all kinds of records in his three years in Chapel Hill, but his time there will come to an end officially as he announced Saturday that he will enter his name into the pool for the 2022 NFL Draft. -
Sam Howell's high school coach still a part of his football journey
Tad Baucom coached Sam Howell at Sun Valley High School outside Charlotte. Baucom has been able to attend everyone of Howell's college home games UNC. Howell has been there for Baucom too, even in the darkest of times. -
Sam Howell's high school coach still a part of his football journey
Tad Baucom coached Sam Howell at Sun Valley High School outside Charlotte. Baucom has been able to attend everyone of Howell's college home games UNC. Howell has been there for Baucom too, even in the darkest of times. -
Ricky Person, Jr. to enter 2022 NFL Draft, Moore will return
The senior runningback will forego his extra year of eligibility to go pro -
Panthers do 'masterful' job in draft; Darnold has 'no excuse' but to succeed
Chris Lea and Jared Fialko joined Kacy Hintz on WRAL Sports Xtra and praised the job new Panthers general manager Scott Fitterer did in the NFL Draft. They also analyzed the 'experiment' that will be Sam Darnold at quarterback. -
Copy of Giglio: Not sexy, but Panthers make a safe pick
The Carolina Panthers didn't take a quarterback on Thursday night in the NFL draft. And that's not a bad thing. After trading for Sam Darnold earlier this month, Panthers coach Matt Rhule already made his choice at quarterback. Taking another in the draft would have been redundant and a signal that Rhule doesn't have a plan for the most important position. -
The OG: Panthers went best available and that's OK
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio discuss the Carolina Panthers skipping Ohio State QB Justin Fields to get better on defense in the NFL Draft. -
Panthers' Matt Rhule, Scott Fitterer speak on first-round pick Jaycee Horn
The Panthers hope Horn can help solidify their secondary. -
Giglio: Not sexy, but Panthers make a safe pick
The Carolina Panthers didn't take a quarterback on Thursday night in the NFL draft. And that's not a bad thing. After trading for Sam Darnold earlier this month, Panthers coach Matt Rhule already made his choice at quarterback. Taking another in the draft would have been redundant and a signal that Rhule doesn't have a plan for the most important position. -
Our TakeBrownlow: In a draft loaded with quarterbacks, what should the Panthers do?
The NFL has become a quarterback-driven league, and this year's NFL Draft is chock full of them. So should the Panthers risk it all to go get one? What will the cost be to the franchise if they get it wrong? Lauren Brownlow looks at the NFL's quarterback fixation and how waiting for those QBs to pan out has hurt teams. -
Panthers 2021 draft: Everything is on the table
Mick Mixon says the Panthers have many needs and could go in many directions in drafting players in the 2021 NFL Draft. -
Our TakeBrownlow: Trevor Lawrence shouldn't have to apologize for having perspective
The blowback to Trevor Lawrence's comments on how important football is to him show that we still have a ways to go in getting our own priorities straight, writes Lauren Brownlow. -
Carolina Panthers trade for Jets quarterback Sam Darnold
The Carolina Panthers announced Monday that they have traded for New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold, a former No. 3 overall pick. They sent the Jets a sixth-round pick in 2021 plus a 2nd and a 4th-round pick in 2022 in exchange. -
Our TakeBrownlow's Mailbag: Being wrong about Mack Brown, Hamilton, mask up promos and more
Every week during the sports hiatus, Lauren Brownlow fields your Twitter questions. This week, she gets into how the NFL Draft might look next year if there's no season, being wrong about Mack Brown's hire, the Hamilton release and more. -
Fresh off his first NFL Draft, Matt Rhule is ready for the rebuild - but wants to win now
Carolina Panthers' first-year head coach Matt Rhule has rebuilt teams before, and he's ready to do again - but he wants to win now. He talked about balancing all of that between the NFL Draft and free agency when he joined The OG on Tuesday. -
Rhule: 'I want to win and I want to win right now'
Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule joined The OG to talk about his first NFL Draft, the Panthers' moves in free agency and how he's trying to get his team prepared virtually for his first season as an NFL head coach. -
Marty Hurney says they didn't go into the NFL Draft meaning to pick all defensive players
Carolina Panthers' GM Marty Hurney joined The Adam Gold Show to talk about the Panthers' draft, the process of the virtual draft itself and going all defense. Hurney also talked about first-year head coach Matt Rhule's first draft, trades and more. -
Smith-Williams: It's one of those childhood dreams I get to fulfill
Smith-Williams: It's one of those childhood dreams I get to fulfill -
Former Millbrook and NCSU star, Smith-Williams, stoked to join Redskins
North Carolina State defensive end James Smith-Williams' dreams came true when the Washington Redskins scooped him up in the seventh round of the NFL Draft. -
Different is good for the NFL draft
It was good to see a professional sports league functioning again, even if the NFL draft was different from the annual television spectacle it has turned into. Different can be good and in this case it was.