The Carolina Panthers may be adding a little spark to the room.
As first reported by ESPN senior NFL insider Adam Schefter (and not too long after a tweet from a certain significant other), the Panthers are planning on inking running back Tarik Cohen to their practice squad. Per Schefter, the signing should be made official on Wednesday.
A former fourth-round pick of the Chicago Bears, Cohen earned First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors for his return prowess in 2018. He also recorded 1,101 rushing yards, 1,575 receiving yards and 14 total touchdowns on offense in his four years with the Bears.
Cohen, who was in for a workout on Tuesday, has not played in an NFL game since the 2020 campaign. That season, the 5-foot-6, 191-pound back sustained tears to his ACL and MCL as well as a tibial plateau fracture when he was tackled on a punt return against the Atlanta Falcons.
He would then tear his Achilles tendon during a training session in the spring of 2022. Cohen announced this past summer that he’d be attempting an NFL comeback upon being medically cleared.
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