The Carolina Panthers are planning on retaining a key member of their offensive line. The Panthers are placing a tender on restricted free agent center Cade Mays, a league source confirmed to The Observer on Friday. This means that Mays will stay in Charlotte for the 2025 campaign if he signs onto the deal. An original-round tender for him — he was a sixth-round pick — is worth $3.4 million.
Carolina Panthers keeping former Alabama defensive lineman state prep star…
Former Alabama defensive lineman LaBryan Ray won’t become an NFL free agent next week.
The Carolina Panthers have tendered a contract to Ray, the NFL team announced on Friday, which keeps him on the roster as the 2025 squad is assembled.
Ray was an exclusive-rights free agent. An ERFA is a player with fewer than three NFL seasons and an expiring contract. If his original team offers the ERFA a contract, he cannot negotiate with other teams.
Terms of Carolina’s contract for Ray were not disclosed.
Although he sustained a broken hand in 2024, Ray played in 16 of the Panthers’ 17 games, with nine starts. His 637 defensive snaps ranked second among Carolina’s linemen to the 762 played by A’Shawn Robinson, another Alabama alumnus.
Ray recorded 41 tackles, his first NFL sack and two tackles for loss during the 2024 season.
Former Alabama defensive lineman LaBryan Ray won’t become an NFL free agent next week.