The Carolina Panthers draft team could hardly believe their luck when edge rusher Yetur Gross-Matos was available for them in the second round. They wasted little time in taking the Penn State standout to put him alongside what looks to be a formidable defensive front in 2020.
Gross-Matos was projected to be a mid-to-late first-rounder, which made his slide to No. 38 all the more peculiar that the physical specimen dropped into the Panthers’ lap. NFL Draft expert Charlie Campbell from Walter Football might have found the answer after speaking to team sources.