Panthers Hire Ben Jacobs As Asst. Special Teams Coach

Joe Person reports that the Panthers are hiring former LB Ben Jacobs as their new assistant special teams coach. 

This comes just a day after Carolina released Jacobs. Although, there was some speculation that he could transition to a coaching role with the team, so this doesn’t come as a big surprise. 

Jacobs, 30, wound up signing on with the Browns as an undrafted free agent out of Fresno State back in 2011. He spent over a year in Cleveland before briefly playing for the Bengals and later signing a future/reserve contract with the Panthers at the end of the 2014 season.

The Panthers re-signed Jacobs to a two-year contract in 2017. He was in line to be an unrestricted free agent this offseason, but this gives him a head start on finding another job. 

In 2018, Jacobs appeared in all 16 games for the Panthers and recorded six tackles. 

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