The Carolina Panthers front office is busy throughout the season with transactions, roster moves, and injury updates. Here’s what’s happening at Mint Street this week.
Injuries
The 6-5 Carolina Panthers have a golden
opportunity to prove they’re for real as they travel to San Francisco to take on the 7-4 49ers on Monday Night Football. At this point in the season health and injuries often play a major role in which team wins and which team loses, and there are some big injury concerns this week for the Panthers.
Starting inside linebacker Christian Rozeboom left last week’s game with a hamstring issue and won’t be playing on Monday due to a hip/hamstring issue. Joe Person recently reported that Rozeboom said he was dealing with the hamstring and some “other stuff” before last week’s game against the Falcons. Rozeboom has 91 tackles on the season.
Staying with the theme of inside linebackers who won’t be playing this week, Trevin Wallace was injured two weeks ago against the Saints and missed last week’s game due to his shoulder injury. Wallace has 52 tackles and two sacks on the season.
Center Cade Mays also popped up on the injury report on Saturday and is listed as out for Monday.
Transactions
Signed LB Jacoby Windmon to the practice squad
As noted above, the Panthers need some insurance at linebacker with Rozeboom and Wallace currently dealing with injuries, and they bought their policy with the return of Jacoby Windmon. The former UNLV and Michigan State star was an undrafted rookie who last year appeared in eight games for the Panthers with two starts, registering 22 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and two passes defended.
Windmon was invited back to the Panthers camp in 2025 but was released at final roster cuts. He didn’t latch on with a team at the beginning of the season but later signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad on October 8th. He didn’t get elevated to the 53-man roster during his brief stint with the Steelers and was released on October 28th. The 24-year-old is now back in the familiar surroundings of the Carolina Panthers.
Released S Israel Mukuamu from the practice squad
Mukuamu is a five-year NFL veteran and has appeared in 51 games with 42 tackles in his career. He signed with the Panthers practice squad on September 8th, was released on October 7th, then re-signed to the practice squad on November 4th. He was elevated to the 53-man roster for last week’s win against the Atlanta Falcons and played 11 special teams snaps. After last week’s game he was moved back to the practice squad, then released (again). Don’t be surprised if he ends up ping-ponging his way back to the Panthers practice squad sometime in the near future.
