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.
Injury Report
The Panthers head into a divisional game against the Atlanta Falcons after having just placed guard Robert Hunt and center Austin Corbett on injured reserve. Outside linebacker Patrick Jones II and defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton are listed as out this week, while wide receiver Xavier Legette is questionable.
Transactions
In addition to placing
Hunt and Corbett on the IR, the other transactions of note were the signings of linebacker Maema Njongmeta (from the Bengals practice squad) and center Nick Samac (from the Ravens practice squad).
Njongmeta is a 6-foot-0, 230-pound second-year NFL player. He played his college ball at Wisconsin and in 32 games recorded 158 tackles and 6.5 sacks. He went undrafted in 2024 but ended up making the Cincinnati Bengals roster and appeared in all 17 games last year with one start. He played just 30 defensive snaps but was a special teams mainstay with 371 snaps. In his rookie season last year he had 13 tackles and two fumble recoveries. Cincy tried to stash him on the practice squad this year but the Panthers signed him away this week.
Samac is 6-foot-4 and 315 pounds. He played for Michigan State in college, appearing in 49 games. In 2024 he was a seventh round pick by the Baltimore Ravens. He didn’t appear in any games during his rookie season last year, was waived before the 2025 season, then signed to the Ravens practice squad before the Panthers snapped him up.
