{"id":876313,"date":"2026-04-27T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/876313\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:51:19","slug":"how-tennessee-football-wide-receiver-chris-brazzell-fits-in-with-the-carolina-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/876313\/","title":{"rendered":"How Tennessee Football Wide Receiver Chris Brazzell Fits in With the Carolina Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockytopinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chris-Brazzell-\u2014-Tennessee-Football.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-174797\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"chris brazzell carolina panthers\" width=\"615\" height=\"398\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris-Brazzell-\u2014-Tennessee-Football-300x194.jpg\"\/><\/a>Photo via Tennessee Athletics<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Tennessee football star wide receiver Chris Brazzell saw his dreams become a reality. In the fourth round of the 2026 NFL Draft with the 83rd overall pick, he was selected by the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>How does Brazzell fit in with the Panthers, though? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/depth\/_\/name\/car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN<\/a> slots him as the backup receiver under Tetairoa McMillan, the eighth overall selection for Carolina just a year ago. McMillan caught 70 passes for 1,014 yards and seven touchdowns as a rookie and is projected to be a key piece of the offense next season.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, Xavier Legette is projected to start on the outside. Legette was a first-round pick in the 2024 draft, but is still fighting to find a consistent footing. He caught 35 passes for 363 yards and three touchdowns last season. His backup is John Metchie III, beginning his first year with the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>This means Brazzell should get his opportunity to break into the offense this year. If McMillan meets his projection, Brazzell might be more so in a competition with Legette and Metchie for snaps in the offense.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From Big Orange to Big Cat<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vol_Football?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Vol_Football<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeepPounding?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#KeepPounding<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zRCd5wlU2J\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zRCd5wlU2J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Panthers\/status\/2047878305747984853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More From RTI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockytopinsider.com\/2026\/04\/27\/how-tennessee-football-cornerback-colton-hood-fits-in-with-the-new-york-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">How Tennessee Football Cornerback Colton Hood Fits in With the New York Giants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, Brazzell joins the NFL team he grew up rooting for, despite being from Midland, Texas. This choice stems from a youth football team he played for, also named the Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>Brazzell proved to be one of the most reliable options and big-play threats in the SEC this past season. He totalled 1,017 yards on 62 receptions for a total of nine touchdowns. This included an incredible showing in the narrow home loss to Georgia, featuring 177 yards and three touchdowns on six receptions.<\/p>\n<p>This was his second year at Tennessee. In his first, he was typically the first off the bench, coming up with the game-winning reception against Alabama at home. He started his career at Tulane.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo via Tennessee Athletics On Friday, Tennessee football star wide receiver Chris Brazzell saw his dreams become a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[235,260,2567,65436,7,6,236,1209,6364],"class_list":["post-876313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-panthers","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolinapanthers","tag-chris-brazzell","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-panthers","tag-tennessee-football","tag-tennessee-vols"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116478416115525841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876313","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=876313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}