This Thursday (7), NFL Community reporter Ian Rapoport reported that the Carolina Panthers are signing large receiver Daewood Davis from the Memphis Showboats, of the UFL (United Soccer League). An settlement nonetheless relies on the approval of the medical examinations.
Davis performed for the College of Oregon from 2017 to 2020 and Western Kentucky College in 2021 and 2022 earlier than declaring for the 2023 Draft, however was not chosen in all seven rounds.
Nevertheless, after the Draft, the receiver signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent, however was quickly lower from the workforce after struggling a head harm in a preseason sport in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In ten UFL video games, Davis had 446 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. The 25-year-old averaged 10.8 yards per catch on 41 passes caught and was named one of many league’s greatest large receivers final season.
The Panthers hope that with this signing, Davis can enhance on the manufacturing of final 12 months’s NFL worst offense, which completed the season with two wins and 15 losses. Whereas Adam Thielen, an oasis on this offense with 1,014 receiving yards, stayed with the workforce, the workforce’s second greatest WR, DJ Chark Jr., signed with the Los Angeles Chargers this offseason.
It’s value remembering that the Carolina Panthers chosen South Carolina large receiver Xavier Legette within the first spherical of this 12 months’s Draft. All of those signings have been made to assist the event of younger quarterback Bryce Younger, who will enter his second 12 months within the league.
Textual content by Lucas Webler
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