The Carolina Panthers announced Monday that they’ve signed DT Ashaad Mabry and TE Jason Vander Laan to contracts.
Vander Laan, 25, wound up signing on with the Jets as an undrafted free agent out of Ferris State back in 2016. He spent his first year on the Jets’ practice squad before being cut loose at the start of the 2017 season and later signed by the Colts.
Indianapolis eventually promoted Vander Laan to their active roster last year. However, he was waived shortly after this year’s draft.
Vander Laan is a converted tight end after appearing as a quarterback at Ferris State during his four-year college career.
During his college career, Vander Laan started all 46 career games at quarterback at Ferris State and completed 666-of-1,050 passes for 8,240 yards with 85 touchdowns and 29 interceptions. He also rushed for 5,953 yards on 1,010 carries and 81 touchdowns.
In 2017, Vander Laan was active for four games, but didn’t register a statistic.
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