The Carolina Panthers have announced that wide receiver Jalen Coker has been placed on the reserve/injured list with a quad injury. The fan favorite will miss a minimum of four games with this designation and not be allowed to practice with the team until he returns to the active roster.
Dan Morgan has turned to another fan favorite, former Clemson wide receiver Hunter Renfrow, to fill Coker’s roster spot and, likely, his role in the slot. Renfrow was a successful receiver with the Las Vegas Raiders,
totalling 269 receptions for 2884 yards and 17 touchdowns in five seasons.
Renfrow struggled in 2022, missed much of the 2023 season, and the the entire 2024 season with what was ultimately diagnosed as ulcerative colitis. His comeback with the Panthers this season has been an underdog story with more optimism than on field results. His return to the Panthers roster is hopefully a sign that both those results and his veteran leadership are expected to come as a stabilizing factor for a wide receiver room that has lost two of it’s top four receivers just this week.
Renfrow will have at least until the Panthers Week 4 road game against the New England Patriots to make his case for a season’s worth of work. The earliest Coker can return to the field is Carolina’s Week 5 home game against the Miami Dolphins.
