According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Panthers are not expected to tender restricted free agent WR/PR Ihmir Smith-Marsette, making him an unrestricted free agent.
Fowler does, however, add that the two parties are open to working on a new deal.
Smith-Marsette, 24, was drafted by the Vikings in the fifth round out of Iowa in the 2021 NFL Draft. Minnesota opted to waive him coming out of the preseason in his second season and he was claimed by the Bears.
Chicago elected to cut him loose and he then caught on with the Chiefs’ practice squad.
Kansas City re-signed Smith-Marsette to a futures contract in February of 2023 before trading him to Carolina in August later that year.
In 2023, Smith-Marsette appeared in 17 games and recorded eight catches for 51 yards, while also rushing eight times for 74 yards and a touchdown.
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