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David Newton
Charlotte, NC – The Panthers of the Carolina go from the triple Rusher Pro Bowl Jadeveon Clowney after a single season, the team announced on Thursday.
It was one of the many movements announced by the panthers before the start of their minicamp recruited on Friday. Carolina also placed the ball carrier Jonathon Brooks, a second round choice in 2024, on the list physically capable of making the list while he recovered from his second LCA injury to the right knee in 13 months. It will be missing all the 2025 season.
The team had bought Clowney, from Rock Hill, in South Carolina, before the NFL draft, a source had declared to ESPN at the end of last month.
Clowney, 32, was due to $ 13.775 million compared to the 2025 wage ceiling during the second year of a $ 20 million contract over two years.
But his release had as much to do with the Caroline who wanted to obtain the acquisition of the free agent Pat Jones II and two choice of recovery from the Southeast Conference on the ground as he did on money.
Jones had a better career bag with a single departure last year for the Vikings du Minnesota. Carolina repeated Nic Scourton de Texas A&M in the second round and Umanmelen princely of Ole Miss on the third day on the 2 of the draft.
Clowney had only 5.5 bags last season with the Panthers after having had 9.5 the previous year with the Baltimore Ravens.
Carolina also gave up the former basketball of the Coast of the Carolina coast, Colin Granger, who was trying to go to a tight end. He suffered an injury to the hamstrings during intersane training sessions, according to a league source.
The tight veteran Jordan Matthews was another liberated player.
The decision to pass from Clowney is not surprising. The managing director Dan Morgan was not engaged on two separate questions during the project to find out if he was in the team’s plans.
Before cutting Clowney, the panthers had six rushers on board on their list with Clowney and DJ Wonnum the starters of return. They signed Jones II in a free agency to a two -year agreement of a value of up to $ 20 million before writing Scourton and Umanmielen.
They also have DJ Johnson, who has only had 0.5 bags in five starts since he was selected in the third round of the 2023 draft.
