Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Nic Scourton believes he’s currently in the best shape of his entire football career.
Scourton, the team’s 2025 second-round selection, spoke with reporters following the final practice of rookie minicamp on Saturday. Beat reporter Sheena Quick would ask the 20-year-old about the chatter around getting back to his “Purdue weight” in the lead-up to the draft.
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But Scourton says that label actually isn’t a thing, at least in his view.
“I don’t know what this narrative is about me being ‘Purdue weight,” he replied with a laugh. “But I think Panthers fans should be excited for me because I’m the most fit I’ve ever been, I’m healthy, I’m strong and I’m excited to get to work.”
After playing the first two seasons of his collegiate career at Purdue University, Scourton transferred to Texas A&M for the 2024 campaign—where he appeared noticeably larger. The Aggies, in fact, listed Scourton as heavy as 285 pounds this past year.
Then, when it came time to measure up at the 2025 scouting combine, Scourton hit the scale at 257 pounds.
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The number from Purdue that may matter most for Scourton, however, is 10.0—the total of sacks he amassed in 2023. That Big Ten-leading tally—due to a change in defensive scheme, according to Scourton—dipped to 5.0 in 2024.
So as long as he’s racking up the takedowns, the weight, whether it be “Purdue weight,” “Texas A&M weight,” or “Panthers weight,” should be just fine.
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