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Carolina Panthers: Deashon Hall On Board at Pick 77

By John Woodcock

Oct 8, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; Texas A&M Aggies defensive lineman Daeshon Hall (10) in action during the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Kyle Field. The Aggies defeat the Volunteers 45-38 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 8, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; Texas A&M Aggies defensive lineman Daeshon Hall (10) in action during the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Kyle Field. The Aggies defeat the Volunteers 45-38 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Carolina Panthers drafted a starting defensive end from Texas A&M in the third round, just not the one you recognize.

The Carolina Panthers were not supposed to pick until number 98 in the third round. That is where their compensatory selection from losing Josh Norman came from.

However the Panthers joined the trade party and jumped up to number seventy-seven by trading ninety-eight and their fourth rounder to the Arizona Cardinals. They then used the pick to draft Daeshon Hall, sadly the non-paleontologist of the two Texas A&M defensive ends.

But let’s not let my shared love of dinosaurs with Myles Garrett tint the selection of his partner in sack here in the third round. I am kind of excited for another reason – I called Hill to the Panthers in my mock selections (just at 98). My thoughts are pretty much the same now as they were then. In fact here were those thoughts (without calling him Daeshon Hill, which I evidently was stuck on):

This should quiet the need for edge rusher help for the remainder of the draft. The Panthers likely leave day two of the draft in good shape. They grabbed a tackle, a defensive end, and two weapons to put around Cam Newton on offense. That has to feel pretty good.

Next: Panthers Draft Taylor Moton at 64

The Carolina Panthers do not have a fourth round pick anymore, but they will return in tomorrow’s fifth round with three more chances to add young talent to the roster.

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