Matt Corral going to Carolina as Baker Mayfield commerce talks stall

Matt Corral is becoming a member of the Carolina Panthers as commerce talks for Baker Mayfield have apparently stalled between the Panthers and the Cleveland Browns.

As an alternative of going out of their strategy to get Baker Mayfield in a commerce from the Cleveland Browns, the Carolina Panthers have chosen to exit and get Matt Corral of the Ole Miss Rebels.

Earlier Friday night, the Panthers were apparently pretty interested in going after Mayfield, regardless of objections from some.

Nevertheless, regardless of that reported curiosity within the Browns’ quarterback, Carolina made the selection to exit and get Corral, who performed fairly properly whereas with the Rebels in Oxford.

With the 94th total decide of the 2022 NFL Draft (the thirtieth decide of the third spherical), the Panthers picked Corral. So, it appears unlikely that Mayfield will find yourself with the Panthers except one thing actually attention-grabbing occurs.

2022 NFL Draft: Carolina Panthers decide Matt Corral as commerce talks with Cleveland Browns for Baker Mayfield have stalled

Corral spent 4 seasons with Ole Miss from 2018 to 2021 and he noticed fairly a little bit of change within the Rebels over that timeframe. The Rebels went from dropping the Egg Bowl in each 2018 and 2019 to hiring Lane Kiffin and subsequently turning into a fairly thrilling staff to observe. And it ought to completely be famous that Corral was an enormous a part of Kiffin’s fast success in Oxford.

Corral helped the Rebels go 5-5 in 2020 after which enhance to 10-3 in 2021. Throughout these two seasons, Corral accomplished 69.2 p.c of his passes for six,686 yards and 49 touchdowns towards 19 interceptions. On the bottom, Corral added 1,120 dashing yards and 15 extra scores off of 264 carries throughout these 23 video games.

It’s not fully clear how good Ole Miss shall be subsequent season with out Corral as he was an interesting quarterback to maintain up with in the course of the previous few seasons. He positively was an enormous cause for the Rebels’ success and it was surprising for a lot of Ole Miss followers to see him fall to the third spherical.