CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers’ backfield is getting crowded.
The workforce plans to signal former first-round choose Rashaad Penny, reuniting him with head coach Dave Canales from their days with the Seattle Seahawks, a league supply informed ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
The transfer is predicted after this weekend’s rookie minicamp.
Penny will be part of 2024 second-round choose Jonathon Brooks, Chuba Hubbard, Miles Sanders and Raheem Blackshear in Carolina’s backfield.
Brooks is coming off surgical procedure to restore a torn ACL suffered final season at Texas. He stated after the draft that he expects to be cleared medically in time for coaching camp, however having additional backs is likely to be needed whereas he’s being eased into the system.
Penny may be very accustomed to Canales’ system, which options the run and flexibility. He had his finest season with the Seahawks in 2021 when Canales was the passing sport coordinator and new Carolina offensive coordinator Brad Idzik was an offensive assistant. He rushed 119 occasions for 749 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Including Penny additionally might give the Panthers flexibility in buying and selling Sanders, who misplaced the beginning job to Hubbard final season, although common supervisor Dan Morgan stated he sees a “massive function” for the 2019 second-round select of Penn State.
Penny, 28, performed final season for the Philadelphia Eagles, however he appeared in simply three video games and rushed 11 occasions for 33 yards.
Chosen by the Seahawks within the first spherical (twenty seventh total) of the 2018 draft, he has rushed for 1,951 yards and 13 touchdowns in six seasons.
