Jonathon Brooks wasn’t the only Carolina Panthers player denied of clearance for the start of training camp.
The team announced on Friday that four players have been placed on the active/physically unable to perform list. That group includes rookie wide receiver Jalen Coker, offensive tackle Yosh Nijman and outside linebackers D.J. Wonnum and Amaré Barno.
Wonnum is the most high-profile placement of the bunch. The Panthers signed the 26-year-old to a two-year, $12.5 million deal this offseason and are expected to start him alongside fellow University of South Carolina Gamecock Jadeveon Clowney in the middle of the defense.
Head coach Dave Canales previously updated reporters on the status of Wonnum, who is still recovering from the quadricep tear he sustained late last season.
“Just working through some different things,” Canales said of Wonnum back in early June. “He had some complications . . . he had a quadricep tendon rupture there. And so he had a repair and there was some different things they had to clean out. So it’s kinda just like this back-and-forth trying to get him as healthy as we can so we can get him on the field and get him back to full speed. So he’s still kinda working through some of those things.”
As is the case with Brooks—who was placed on the active/non-football injury list—Wonnum, Barno, Nijman and Coker can be activated at any time.
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