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Carolina Panthers 2025 free agents

With the 2024 regular season now over, let’s take a look at the Panthers’ upcoming free agents:

The Carolina Panthers wrapped up their 2024 campaign with a 48-38 win, walking off the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Week 18.

But which players might have taken their final snap with the Panthers on Sunday?

As we enter Carolina’s offseason, here are the team’s 2025 free agents:

QB Andy Dalton
RB Raheem Blackshear (RFA)
RB Mike Boone
RB Velus Jones Jr. (RFA)
WR David Moore
WR Deven Thompkins
WR Dan Chisena (RFA)
TE Tommy Tremble
TE Ian Thomas
TE Feleipe Franks (RFA)
TE Stephen Sullivan
OL Brady Christensen
OL Cade Mays (RFA)
C Austin Corbett
DL LaBryan Ray (ERFA)
DL DeShawn Williams
DL Raequan Williams (ERFA)
OLB Cam Gill
ILB Shaq Thompson
ILB Chandler Wooten (RFA)
CB Mike Jackson
CB Caleb Farley
CB Lonnie Johnson Jr.
S Xavier Woods
S Jordan Fuller
S Sam Franklin Jr.
S Nick Scott
K Eddy Piñeiro
P Johnny Hekker
LS JJ Jansen

*RFA = Restricted free agent
*ERFA = Exclusive rights free agent

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Carolina Panthers players who are free agents in 2025

With the trade deadline now behind us, let’s take a look at the Panthers who are set to become free agents following the 2024 season:

(This story was updated to add new information.)

The 2024 NFL trade deadline has come and gone, and it didn’t go without a few moves from the Carolina Panthers.

Last week, the team shipped off wideout Diontae Johnson to the Baltimore Ravens in a trade involving a late-round pick swap for the 2025 draft. And yesterday, in a much more favorable return, they sent fellow receiver Jonathan Mingo over to the Dallas Cowboys.

So now that those departures are official, we could start looking ahead towards free agency for quite a few more.

Here are Panthers whose contracts are set to expire following the season:

QB Andy Dalton
~~RB Chuba Hubbard~~ (Signed four-year extension)
RB Raheem Blackshear (RFA)
WR David Moore
WR Jalen Coker (ERFA)
TE Tommy Tremble
TE Ian Thomas
TE Feleipe Franks (RFA)
OL Brady Christensen
OL Cade Mays
C Austin Corbett
DL LaBryan Ray
DL DeShawn Williams
DL Jonathan Harris
DL Raequan Williams (ERFA)
OLB Charles Harris
OLB Thomas Incoom
OLB Cam Gill
ILB Shaq Thompson
CB Mike Jackson
CB Lonnie Johnson Jr.
CB Anthony Brown
S Xavier Woods
S Jordan Fuller
S Sam Franklin Jr.
S Nick Scott
S Demani Richardson (ERFA)
K Eddy Piñeiro
P Johnny Hekker
LS JJ Jansen

*RFA = Restricted free agent
*ERFA = Exclusive rights free agent

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Panthers waive RB Spencer Brown off injured reserve

The Panthers have reached an injury settlement with RB Spencer Brown.

The Carolina Panthers have severed ties with running back Spencer Brown.

Per the league transaction wire, the team and the 25-year-old rusher have reached an injury settlement as of Wednesday. Brown, in turn, has been waived off injured reserve—where he landed alongside offensive lineman Ilm Manning and Raequan Williams earlier in the week.

A Warrior, Ala. native, Brown attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2017 to 2020. Over his four seasons there, he ran for 4,011 yards and 41 touchdowns on 858 carries (4.7 yards per attempt).

Brown then signed on with the Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2021. He has appeared six games, all between the 2021 and 2022 seasons—where he amassed 43 rushing yards on nine attempts.

With the departure of Brown, Carolina now carries seven running backs on their current 89-man roster. Those players are as follows:

Raheem Blackshear
Mike Boone
Jonathon Brooks
Chuba Hubbard
Rashaad Penny
Miles Sanders
Jalen Shirden

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3 players revert to Panthers’ injured reserve

Three players officially reverted to the Panthers’ IR on Monday.

The Carolina Panthers officially got a trio of players back on Monday.

Per the league’s transaction wire, running back Spencer Brown, offensive lineman Ilm Manning and defensive lineman Raequan Williams have reverted to the team’s injured reserve after clearing waivers. Each was waived with an injury designation this past Friday to help make room for the addition of this year’s undrafted free agents.

Brown, Manning and Williams were three of the seven players who were released at the start of 2024 rookie minicamp. They were joined by running back Tarik Cohen, wide receiver Jalen Camp, tight end Chris Pierce and cornerback AJ Parker.

Carolina signed the following undrafted free agents upon the departures:

- QB Jack Plummer
- RB Jaden Shirden
- WR Jalen Coker
- WR Sam Pinckney
- TE Kevin Foelsch
- OT Jeremiah Crawford
- OT Christian Duffie
- C Andrew Raym
- DE Popo Aumavae
- DE Darius Hodges
- DT Ulumoo Ale
- OLB Kenny Dyson
- OLB Derrick McLendon
- LB Jackson Mitchell
- CB Willie Drew
- CB DeShawn Gaddie
- S Clayton Isbell
- S Demani Richardson
- K Harrison Mevis

Foelsch, Hodges and Gaddie have since been waived.

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Panthers sign 11 players to future deals on Monday

The Panthers have signed 11 members of their practice squad to future deals.

Carolina Panthers assistant general manager Dan Morgan began the organization’s transition from Scott Fitterer on Monday.

In addition to signing tight end Stephen Sullivan and defensive linemen Nick Thurman and LaBryan Ray to one-year extensions, the team also brought back 11 practice squad members on future deals.

Here are those 11 players:

Panthers’ initial 2023 practice squad

Here is the Carolina Panthers’ initial 16-man practice squad for the 2023 season:

The Carolina Panthers have officially rounded out their initial practice squad for the 2023 season—adding former Indianapolis Colts wide receiver and Frank Reich draft pick Dezmon Patmon on Tuesday.

So, let’s take a look at the entire (and complete) 16-man group:

Panthers announce 11 signings to initial 2023 practice squad

The Panthers signed the first 11 players to their initial 2023 practice squad.

The Carolina Panthers did plenty of work on Tuesday, making over 20 moves to get their once 90-man roster down to just 53. But, as always, their work was never done.

Next, on Wednesday, came the construction of the team’s initial practice squad. Here, as announced this afternoon, are the first 11 members of the group:

RB Spencer Brown
G Deonte Brown
G J.D. DiRenzo
G Justin McCray
DL Raequan Williams
DL Taylor Stallworth
OLB Eku Leota
OLB Jordan Thomas
CB Mark Milton
CB Stantley Thomas-Oliver III
S Eric Rowe

With NFL teams allowed to carry 16 players per practice squad, the Panthers will have five more spots to fill in the upcoming days. So expect, especially after the extra cuts and maneuvering throughout the league on Wednesday, some more additions soon.

As for who those additions may be, Carolina could look to bring back the trio of players they just waived in quarterback Matt Corral, wide receiver Derek Wright and linebacker Chandler Wooten.

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Tracking the Panthers’ initial 2023 practice squad

Keep it here as the Panthers build their initial practice squad for the 2023 season:

Now that the Carolina Panthers have established their initial 53-man roster (and whatever tweaks that may come after it), it’s time to build the initial practice squad.

Keep it here as we track each addition to the group.

Panthers cutting DL Raequan Williams

The Panthers are cutting summer standout Raequan Williams.

The release of former Pro Bowl linebacker Deion Jones wouldn’t prove to be the only surprise cut for the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday.

As first reported by NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport, the team is letting go of defensive lineman Raequan Williams.

Williams cracked into the NFL back in 2020, as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chicago, Ill. native and Michigan State University product lasted a pair of seasons in the City of Brotherly Love, where he appeared in seven games with one start during the 2021 campaign.

After an offseason stay with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2022, Williams signed on to the Panthers’ practice squad on Oct. 18 of that season. He wouldn’t play as an active member of the roster, but was inked to a reserve/future contract on Jan. 9, 2023.

The 6-foot-4, 305-pounder figured to factor into Carolina’s plans on defense, especially with a strong summer as well as the departure of nose tackle Marquan McCall. Williams totaled three pressures (1.0 sack) over 91 defensive snaps this preseason.

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4 most intriguing Panthers to watch in Friday’s preseason finale vs. Lions

Matt Corral will have one last chance to prove he’s worth a roster spot, for either the Panthers or another potentially interested party.

Which Carolina Panthers should you be focusing on in the team’s 2023 preseason finale?

Here are four players who should be of particular interest on Friday night: