No. 1 pick Young signs $37.9M deal with Panthers

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Youngthe No. 1 total decide within the NFL draft, signed a four-year contract Friday, permitting him to start coaching camp on schedule.

The deal is for $37.9 million and is absolutely assured, a supply informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Rookies are scheduled to report back to coaching camp on Saturday, with the Panthers’ first observe happening Wednesday.

Younger, already elevated to the No. 1 quarterback spot on the depth chart, gained the Heisman Trophy at Alabama in 2021 and set a faculty report of 5 video games with a minimum of 5 landing passes.

Basic supervisor Scott Fitterer traded the Panthers’ prime vast receiver, DJ Mooreplus the Nos. 9 and 61 picks within the 2023 draft and a first-rounder in 2024 to the Chicago Bears to get in place to pick Younger.

Fitterer and head coach Frank Reich decided Younger had earned the beginning job in June, and adjusted the depth chart accordingly with Andy Dalton because the backup.

“For me, it is about incomes it,” Younger stated final month. “I am grateful to have the chance that I’ve. I nonetheless assume it is a course of. I am grateful to be accepted by the crew. It is an incredible locker room, a terrific group of fellows. I need to proceed with that. It isn’t one thing you are simply entitled to.”