There was little more that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton could have accomplished in his rookie season. As the signal-caller enters his second year, Ron Rivera is confident he’ll keep up his pace.

Carolina Panthers defensive end Charles Johnson will not be ready for team OTAs starting Tuesday, according to the Charlotte Observer.

One of the bigger storylines Panthers coach Ron Rivera is looking forward to during OTAs is the battle for the right tackle position between Jeff Otah and Byron Bell.

The Panthers had the league’s worst special teams unit in 2011, according to Football Outsiders. Improving that group was one of the top priorities for GM Marty Hurney, and his offseason acquisitions — like drafting Joe Adams — proved just that.

After spending the last year and a half out of football, former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett has signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, the team announced Friday.

Luke Kuechly played middle linebacker for most of his decorated career at Boston College, but with the Carolina Panthers, he’ll start out on the weakside.

Linebacker Luke Kuechly, the No. 9 overall selection in the 2012 NFL Draft, agreed to a four-year, $12.58 million contract with the Carolina Panthers on Thursday, a source with knowledge of the situation told NFL Network’s Michael Lombardi.

After being the Texans’ scapegoat, Jacoby Jones didn’t have to wait long to find a potential new NFL home, visiting the Panthers on Tuesday.

Jared Green might look like just another undrafted free agent, but as the son of Hall of Fame CB Darrell Green, the young man has something teams can’t get enough of: outrageous speed.

One area that on paper didn’t look like a priority for Carolina was linebacker, but that’s exactly where the Panthers went with the ninth overall pick when they took Boston College’s Luke Kuechly.