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By Jordan Sigler
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The injury attrition started quickly at training camp for the Carolina Panthers.
The Panthers opened up training camp on Wednesday, with Day 1 of practice starting on Thursday.
Second-year linebacker Nic Scourton was taken off the field via a medical cart before the end of Thursday's practice.
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Per Ian Rapoport and Cameron Wolfe of the NFL Network, Scourton suffered a torn ACL and is expected to miss the entire 2026 season pending the outcome of a second opinion.
"Panthers promising young LB Nic Scourton, who went down in practice with a knee injury that left him in tears, suffered a torn ACL, sources told me and @CameronWolfe," Rapoport posted on X. "He’s done for the season.
"Nic Scourton will seek a second opinion and if the ACL is confirmed, he'll have surgery in the coming weeks. The Panthers are high on Scourton, who is just scratching the surface."
The Panthers were expecting big things from Scourton in his second season in the league. As a rookie, Scourton, a second-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, recorded 20 tackles, five sacks and one forced fumble.
Panthers head coach Dave Canales told reporters on Thursday that the team believes they have plenty of depth on the edge.
"We got guys; that's why we keep bringing in depth and talent and different guys," said Canales, via the Panthers' website. "It's Jaelan Phillips in that room, Patrick Jones II is back and Princely Umanmielen's coming along, and we got a whole group of guys that we're counting on.
"And so, if it comes to that, we have guys that we trust, and we're going to have to do different things. But let's hold off on that until we know what's what."
Still, the loss of Scourton will hurt the defense and make defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero's job much more difficult before the regular season even gets underway.
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