The Panthers haven't always done everything right in their 20 years of selecting players in the NFL Draft. No franchise can say it has.
But when you look at the Panthers' history of first-round selections, especially over the last 14 years, they've been able to check the box in perhaps the most important facet of the draft on nearly every occasion.
Much of the credit for that goes to former general manager Marty Hurney and the staff of talent evaluators he built around him.
"Marty Hurney, if you look at it, did an incredible job with first-round draft picks," said one of those selections, tackle Jordan Gross, whom the Panthers chose eighth overall in 2003.