Report: Panthers to re-sign former 1st-round pick

The Carolina Panthers need to run it again with one other considered one of their very own free brokers.

According to NFL Network insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the Panthers and defender Isaiah Simmons have reached an agreement on a return. The linebacker-turned-safety appeared in six video games for Carolina in the course of the 2025 marketing campaign.

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A Clemson University standout, Simmons was initially linked to the Panthers forward of the 2020 NFL Draft. But Carolina, with the seventh general pick that spring, handed up on the unanimous All-American to choose defensive lineman (and future Pro Bowler) Derrick Brown. (Simmons was taken one spot later by the Arizona Cardinals.)

They’d then signs Simmons in late November of this previous yr. His signature second got here within the workforce’s wild card round game in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams, when he blocked a punt to arrange a go-ahead landing late within the fourth quarter.

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