Panthers Finalize Initial 53-Man Roster

1. DT Junior Aho (injured)
2. OT Tyler Smith (injured)
3. DT Ulumoo Ale
4. G Jack Anderson
5. LB Aaron Beasley
6. CB Dicaprio Bootle
7. G Mason Brooks
8. S Alex Cook
9. OT Jeremiah Crawford
10. CB Willie Drew
11. OLB Kenny Dyson
12. TE Feleipe Franks
13. OT Ricky Lee
14. WR Terrace Marshall Jr.
15. OLB Derrick McLendon
16. CB Quandre Mosely
17. DT Walter Palmore
18. WR Sam Pinckney
19. QB Jack Plummer
20. RB Jaden Shirden
21. DT TJ Smith
22. WR Mike Strachan
23. OLB Luiji Vilain
24. CB Chris Wilcox
25. LB Chandler Wooten
26. G Ike Boettger
27. RB Mike Boone
28. S Rudy Ford
29. TE Jacob Hollister
30. TE Jesper Horsted
31. TE Jordan Matthews

Carolina also left OLB Amare Barno, OLB DJ Wonnum and second-round RB Jonathon Brooks on the injured lists, meaning they’ll miss at least the first four games.

The Panthers also placed CB Dane Jackson and S Sam Franklin on injured reserve (designated to return), while LB Tae Davis and OLB Cam Gill were placed on season-ending injured reserve.

Jackson, 27, was drafted by the Bills in the seventh round out of Pittsburgh in the 2020 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year rookie deal worth $3,376,306 but was waived coming out of training camp before being re-signed to the Buffalo’s practice squad. 

He bounced on and off the Bills’ practice squad before being promoted in 2021 and earning a spot on the active roster. Buffalo re-signed him as a restricted free agent last offseason. 

Jackson was testing the market as an unrestricted free agent when he signed a two-year, $8 million deal with the Panthers. 

In 2023, Jackson appeared in 15 games for the Bills and recorded 39 tackles, one forced fumble, and five pass defenses.