All throughout mock draft season, offensive tackles have been the overwhelmingly popular projection for the Panthers' first-round draft choice.
That remains the case a day prior to the 2015 NFL Draft.
Below is a comprehensive list of up-to-date mock drafts and 19 of the 24 selections for Carolina are offensive tackles – 20 if you count versatile Florida State lineman Cameron Erving among them.
We'll see if the popular projection turns out to be the right one on Thursday night.
| ANALYST | ORGANIZATION | POS | PLAYER | COLLEGE |
| Mel Kiper | ESPN.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Todd McShay | ESPN.com | WR | Nelson Agholor | Southern California |
| Bucky Brooks | NFL.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Daniel Jeremiah | NFL.com | OT | Cedric Ogbuehi | Texas A&M |
| Charles Davis | NFL.com | OT | Ereck Flowers | Miami |
| Charley Casserly | NFL.com | OT | La'el Collins | Louisiana State |
| Lance Zierlein | NFL.com | OT | Cedric Ogbuehi | Texas A&M |
| Brian Baldinger | NFL.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Rob Rang | CBSSports.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Dane Brugler | CBSSports.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Pat Kirwan | CBSSports.com | OL | Cameron Erving | Florida State |
| Will Brinson | CBSSports.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Pete Prisco | CBSSports.com | OT | Andrus Peat | Stanford |
| Peter Schrager | FoxSports.com | OT | T.J. Clemmings | Pittsburgh |
| Dan Kadar | SBNation.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Josh Norris | Rotoworld.com | LB | Shaq Thompson | Washington |
| Matt Miller | Bleacher Report | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Steven Ruiz | USAToday.com | OT | Andrus Peat | Stanford |
| Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz | USAToday.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Drafttek.com | OT | Andrus Peat | Stanford | |
| Charlie Campbell | Walterfootball.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Don Banks | SI.com | OT | D.J. Humphries | Florida |
| Peter King | MMQB.com | WR | Nelson Agholor | Southern California |
| Eric Edholm | Yahoo.com | RB | Melvin Gordon | Wisconsin |
