{"id":294029,"date":"2025-08-17T00:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T00:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/294029\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T00:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T00:24:11","slug":"panthers-olb-nic-scourton-suffers-collapsed-lung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/294029\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers OLB Nic Scourton Suffers Collapsed Lung"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nic Scourton<\/a>\u2018s rookie campaign may not start on time. The Panthers edge rusher is currently dealing with a collapsed lung, as noted by head coach\u00a0Dave Canales. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After suffering from heat-related symptoms, Scourton was taken to hospital in Houston, the site of Carolina\u2019s preseason game on Saturday. Per Canales, the second-rounder is now heading (by car, rather than through the air) back to Charlotte. He added (via The Athletic\u2019s Joe Person<\/a>) Scourton is currently week-to-week.<\/p>\n

Leading up to the draft, the Panthers were named as a strong candidate to add a pass rusher during the first round. Instead, the team went with Tetairoa McMillan<\/a> at No. 8, electing to double down on the Day 2 options along the edge<\/a>. Scourton was selected 51st overall, and Carolina also took Princely Umanmielen<\/a> in the third round.<\/p>\n

Given the decision to release veteran\u00a0Jadeveon Clowney<\/a>\u00a0after one season in Carolina, both rookies are in position to handle a notable role in 2025. Scourton had a productive two-year run at Purdue, leading the Big Ten in sacks during his sophomore campaign. He spent last season at Texas A&M and added another five sacks to his career total while remaining strong against the run. The soon-to-be 21-year-old could see his early regular season usage drop in the wake of today\u2019s development, though, in the event he is healthy by Week 1.<\/p>\n

In addition to Umanmielen, the Panthers have\u00a0D.J. Wonnum<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Patrick Jones<\/a>\u00a0in position to handle a notable workload along the edge. Wonnum joined Carolina in free agency last spring, collecting four sacks in eight games. Jones followed the same path in 2025, and coming off a career-high seven sacks last season he will be counted on to provide a consistent pass rush presence on what was the NFL\u2019s worst defense in 2024. In time, Scourton will look to develop into a key member of the team\u2019s edge contingent; for now, though, his attention will turn to recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nic Scourton\u2018s rookie campaign may not start on time. The Panthers edge rusher is currently dealing with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[235,260,2567,7,6,748,236],"class_list":{"0":"post-294029","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-nfl","13":"tag-nic-scourton","14":"tag-panthers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115041262959812517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294029","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=294029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}