Panthers’ projected defensive depth chart going into OTAs

With organized team activities set to begin this week for the Carolina Panthers, we have an 88-man roster to sift through.

So, here is our projected depth chart for about half of that program—the one on the defensive side of the ball.

Defensive line

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Position	1st string	2nd string	3rd string	4th string
DE	Derrick Brown	Henry Anderson	Raequan Williams	Antwuan Jackson
NT	Shy Tuttle	Marquan McCall	John Penisini
DE	DeShawn Williams	Bravvion Roy	Jalen Redmond

Redmond and Jackson are the newest additions to this beefy front coming out of rookie minicamp.

In the middle

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Position	1st string	2nd string	3rd string	4th string	5th string
OLB	Brian Burns	Marquis Haynes Sr.	Amaré Barno	Kobe Jones	Jordan Thomas
ILB	Shaq Thompson	Kamu Grugier-Hill	Chandler Wooten	Bumper Pool
ILB	Jeremy Chinn	Brandon Smith	Arron Mosby	Ayinde Eley
OLB	Frankie Luvu	Yetur Gross-Matos	DJ Johnson	Eku Leota

As we’ve noted numerous times in our previous projections, the middle of this defense will probably have multiple looks. Expect the versatility of Chinn and Luvu, in particular, to heavily factor into defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero’s plans.

Secondary

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Position	1st string	2nd string	3rd string	4th string	5th string
CB	Jaycee Horn	CJ Henderson	Stantley Thomas-Oliver III	Rejzohn Wright	Mark Milton
CB	Donte Jackson	Keith Taylor Jr.	Herb Miller	Colby Richardson
SS	Vonn Bell	Eric Rowe	Jammie Robinson	Vernon Scott
FS	Xavier Woods	Sam Franklin	Myles Dorn

Along with the undrafted free agents in Wright, Richardson and Milton—Scott joins the secondary as a new face heading into OTAs.