{"id":106522,"date":"2025-06-05T17:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/106522\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:42:10","slug":"were-just-rehabbing-him-panthers-breakout-rookie-suffers-ill-fated-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/106522\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We&#8217;re Just Rehabbing Him&#8221; &#8211; Panthers Breakout Rookie Suffers Ill-Fated Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carolina Panthers rookie wide receiver Jimmy Horn has been one of the team\u2019s biggest winners during offseason practices, but an injury could slow down his impressive offseason. Selected in the sixth round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 NFL Draft<\/a>, the Colorado product has routinely made headlines thanks to his sharp route running and remarkable catches. However, Horn missed Tuesday\u2019s practices, and head coach Dave Canales didn\u2019t give a firm timeline for his return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Jimmy Hordn, he\u2019s got a hamstring that we\u2019re managing right now,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KeepBlitzin\/status\/1929970075597000879\">Canales said<\/a>. \u201cSo, we\u2019re just rehabbing him, he\u2019s gonna return to play and then as soon as we feel like he\u2019s ready to get back out there, we\u2019ll bring him back out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-235701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jimmy-Horn-Panthers-Injury-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Horn Panthers Injury\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"  \/>Apr 4, 2025; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Jimmy Horn Jr. (5) catches the ball at the University of Colorado NFL Showcase at the CU Indoor Practice Facility. Mandatory Credit: Michael Ciaglo-Imagn Images<br \/>\nPanthers Jimmy Horn Suffers Hamstring Injury, Timeline Unknown<\/p>\n<p>While Canales didn\u2019t say when to expect Jimmy Horn to return from his injury, his language suggests this isn\u2019t a long-term issue. Chances are, he\u2019ll return to compete for a job by the time mandatory minicamp rolls around.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Horn is competing for a job on a young depth chart with plenty of promise but an uncertain floor. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/05\/14\/tetairoa-mcmillan-panthers-rookie-wide-receiver-dynasty-outlook\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top-10 pick Tetairoa McMillan<\/a> has a high ceiling but has yet to play a professional snap. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/14\/panthers-adam-thielen-and-other-underrated-receiver-matchups\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Veteran Adam Thielen<\/a> played well when healthy last year, but is on the wrong side of 30 and not getting any younger. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/01\/16\/2024-nfl-draft-profile-xavier-legette\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Second-year players Xavier Legette<\/a> and Jalen Coker, meanwhile, showed promise as rookies but are not destined to be long-term starters in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming Jimmy Horn can overcome his hamstring injury, he should be able to win a job on the 53-man roster. Given the relative uncertainty on the depth chart, he could even be the third or fourth option in the passing game if he continues to build on his impressive early practices.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Kirby Lee \u2013 Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers rookie wide receiver Jimmy Horn has been one of the team\u2019s biggest winners during offseason practices,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[235,260,2567,7,15150,6,236,5405],"class_list":{"0":"post-106522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-carolina","9":"tag-carolina-panthers","10":"tag-carolinapanthers","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jimmy-horn","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-panthers","15":"tag-panthers-featured"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114631996046717657","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}