{"id":960241,"date":"2026-07-31T07:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/960241\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:36:19","slug":"carolina-panthers-chris-brazzell-to-miss-rookie-season-with-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/960241\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Panthers’ Chris Brazzell to miss rookie season with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Carolina Panthers wide receiver Chris Brazzell\u2019s rookie season is over before it ever had a chance to begin.<\/p>\n

The Panthers announced Thursday that the third-round pick from Tennessee will undergo season-ending surgery on the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) of his left knee and be placed on injured reserve.<\/p>\n

Brazzell was carted off the field Wednesday after he was injured during seven-on-seven drills and was expected to miss up to eight weeks following the original diagnosis.<\/p>\n

However, after receiving a second medical opinion Brazzell has decided to undergo season-ending surgery.<\/p>\n

He had been impressive early in a training camp and looked poised to battle with 2024 first-round draft pick Xavier Legette for the team\u2019s No. 3 wide receiver spot behind starters Tetairoa McMillan and Jalen Coker.<\/p>\n

Brazzell ran a 4.37-second, 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine in February and was expected to add a deep threat to the offense. He had 62 catches for 1,017 yards \u2014 an average of 16.4 yards per reception \u2014 and nine touchdowns last season for the Volunteers.<\/p>\n

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AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Carolina Panthers wide receiver Chris Brazzell\u2019s rookie season is over before it ever had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":960242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[13781,235,260,2567,65436,7,3545,22221,6,498,941,236,9,12654,526,1453,1818,126669,1505],"class_list":["post-960241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-panthers","tag-athlete-injuries","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolinapanthers","tag-chris-brazzell","tag-football","tag-jalen-coker","tag-nc-state-wire","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-football","tag-north-carolina","tag-panthers","tag-sports","tag-surgery","tag-tennessee","tag-tetairoa-mcmillan","tag-tn-state-wire","tag-wr-chris-brazzell","tag-xavier-legette"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117013445585359391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960241","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=960241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/960242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}