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Stephon Gilmore

NE Cornerback

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Stephon Gilmore retired after 13 seasons in the NFL.

The Bills drafted Gilmore with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. He remained in Buffalo until 2017, when he signed with the Patriots in free agency. Gilmore enjoyed the best seasons of his career in New England, winning Super Bowl LII in 2018. He earned first-team All-Pro honors in 2018 and 2019, and co-led the NFL in interceptions while also winning NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2019. He earned Pro Bowl honors in 2016 and 2018-2021. He spent one-year stints with the Panthers, Colts, Cowboys and Vikings from 2021-2024. Gilmore logged 149 passes defended, 32 interceptions, 617 combined tackles and one sack in his NFL career.
Omar Cooper Jr.

FA Wide Receiver

ESPN’s Jordan Reid reports that the Panthers will host Indiana WR Omar Cooper Jr. for a top-30 visit.

Across the 2025 college football regular season, Cooper outright led, or tied for the team-high, all Hoosiers pass catchers with 75 targets, 58 receptions, 804 yards and 11 touchdowns while averaging 2.68 yards per route run. Per Reid, Cooper could be an option for the Panthers with the No. 19 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Jonathon Brooks

CAR Running Back #24

Panthers HC Dave Canales said he expects Jonathon Brooks (knee) to participate in offseason workouts.

Brooks missed all of 2025 after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ACL he suffered in 2024. It was the same ACL he also tore in 2023 during his final season at Texas, making for a long recovery for the former second-round pick. Assuming he can stay healthy, Brooks will have a chance to compete with Trevor Etienne and AJ Dillon for touches behind Chuba Hubbard, and could make for an interesting late-round stash in fantasy drafts if he were to win the backup job. The RB2 job behind Hubbard will be one to monitor throughout training camp until somebody separates themselves from the pack.
Lloyd Cushenberry

BUF Center #79

Bills signed C Lloyd Cushenberry, formerly of the Titans.

Cushenberry is not an elite player, but he respectably earned a 65.5 PFF pass-blocking grade during the 2025 regular season. The Bills also signed OL Austin Corbett, formerly of the Panthers. Corbett earned a 66.7 PFF run-blocking grade last year and has experience at right guard, left guard and center. The Bills signed WR Trent Sherfield, formerly of the Cardinals, as well. He is unlikely to be relevant in fantasy. All three players are on one-year contracts.
Christian Rozeboom

TB Linebacker #56

Buccaneers signed LB Christian Rozeboom, formerly of the Panthers.

Rozeboom totaled 122 tackles for the Panthers last season and started all 15 games he appeared in. The veteran linebacker has started 26 games over the last two seasons after being used primarily as a backup for the first three years of his career, and he becomes the second veteran linebacker to join the Buccaneers this offseason. Lavonte David, who is mulling retirement, could still return to play for the Bucs this season, but the team continues to strengthen it’s linebacking corps in the event David should choose to walk away from the game.
Nick Hampton

CAR Outside Linebacker #6

Panthers signed OLB Nick Hampton, formerly of the Rams.

The former third-round pick spent the first three seasons of his career with the Rams. This will be his first time playing for a new team. Through three NFL seasons, he has five quarterback pressures and 10 solo tackles. Hampton, 25, will now try to carve out a role in Carolina.
Feleipe Franks

CAR Tight End #84

Panthers signed TE Feleipe Franks, formerly of the Falcons.

Franks logged 15 snaps offensively last year, but earned zero targets. He logged 283 special teams snaps and racked up nine special teams tackles, ranking second among Falcons players. He is likely to operate in a similar capacity on the Panthers this season.
DJ Chark

JAC Wide Receiver #16

DJ Chark retired after eight years in the NFL.

Chark, 29, last stepped foot on an NFL field as a member of the Falcons in two 2025 preseason games. He was released before the regular season began and did not sign with a new team. Chark spent the first four seasons of his career with the Jaguars after they drafted him via a second-round pick in 2018. He produced career highs across the board in 2019, catching 73-of-114 targets for 1,008 yards and eight touchdowns, and earned Pro Bowl honors for his efforts. He spent 2022 with the Lions, 2023 with the Panthers and 2024 with the Chargers. Over the course of his career, Chark caught 216-of-393 targets for 3,100 yards and 24 touchdowns.
Bryce Young

CAR Quarterback #9

Panthers general manager Dan Morgan said the team feels “good” about its quarterback room, but could still draft a rookie quarterback if they “have the opportunity.”

Morgan gave a lengthy reply when fielding a question about trading QB Andy Dalton to the Eagles, highlighting the importance of mobility at the position. Dalton, 38, lacks it. We do not get the sense that the Panthers are searching for a new, immediate starter, but adding “another young guy to the mix” for competition’s sake is on Morgan’s mind. He notes that heading into the draft, the team thinks there are going to be “options” at the quarterback position for them to consider. Head coach Dave Canales has not had the opportunity to develop his own prospect since taking the job. Perhaps he gets a chance to do so this year. Young is currently backed up by QB Kenny Pickett.
Rasheed Walker

CAR Tackle

Panthers LT Rasheed Walker “has been accepted into a pretrial diversion program that will clear a January gun charge from his record.”

Walker’s record will be cleared “if he avoids any additional arrests over the next six months.” Walker was arrested at LaGuardia Airport on January 23rd, 2026, because he reportedly lacked the required credentials to travel with the firearm. Walker evidently did not know he was committing a crime when he presented the firearm for inspection. He is licensed to carry it in the state of Wisconsin, which apparently led to Walker’s confusion.