May 8, 2025
The Panthers
are placing Brooks on the physically unable to perform list, ruling him out for the entire 2025 season.
ANALYSISPlayers can return from the PUP list when placed on it at the start of training camp or before Week 1, but not if they get the designation this early in the offseason. Brooks tore the ACL in his right knee each of the past two years, bringing his college career to an early conclusion and then limiting his rookie season to three games. The Panthers took him in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 46th overall, but they'll now move forward with
Chuba Hubbard,
Rico Dowdle and
Trevor Etienne as the main candidates to take carries in 2025.