According to Spotrac, the Panthers have restructured the contract of DT Derrick Brown to pick up some extra cap space this offseason.
Carolina converted $16.9 million of Brown’s salary into a signing bonus, adding two void years, and clearing $13.5 million of cap space in 2026.
Brown, 27, was a three-year starter at Auburn and was named the SEC Player of the Year in 2019. The Panthers selected him with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.
He finished the final year of his four-year, $23,621,404 rookie contract, which included a $14,739,203 signing bonus, last season. The organization picked up his fifth-year option for the 2024 season, which was fully guaranteed at $11.665 million.
Carolina signed him to a four-year, $96 million extension in April of 2024, worth $63.165 million guaranteed. He only appeared in one game that season, recording three tackles before suffering a season ending knee injury.
In 2025, Brown appeared in all 17 games for the Panthers and recorded 73 tackles, five sacks, one forced fumble, and seven pass defenses.
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