Friday really should’ve been a holiday for everyone in the Carolina Panthers organization considering the momentous news the night prior. Alas, they were still at work anyway.
As reported by team scribe Darin Gantt, the Panthers signed defensive end Joe Jackson to a reserve/future deal early this afternoon.
The 6-foot-4, 278-pounder was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fifth round of the 2019 draft. A Homestead, Fla. native and subsequent University of Miami Hurricane, he’d amass 23.0 sacks and 35.5 tackles for a loss over his three-year collegiate career.