For the second straight year, the Panthers have traded up with the Seahawks in the second round of the NFL draft. Last year, they landed Ole Miss offensive tackle Greg Little with the No. 37 overall pick. This time around, they moved up to the end of round two (No. 64) for Southern Illinois safety Jeremy Chinn.
According to Jourdan Rodrigue at the Athletic, the team gave up their No. 69 and No. 148 picks to Seattle.
Chinn (6-foot-3, 212 pounds) was one of the top defensive back prospects still on the board and there weren’t many left, so moving up for him made sense.
The Panthers are getting a capable and versatile DB in Chinn, who flashed some impressive athleticism at the NFL combine. He ran a 4.45 second 40-yard dash and posted 20 bench press reps to go with a 41 inch vertical.
Chinn totaled 13 interceptions, 31 pass breakups and six forced fumbles during his college career.
