- Carolina has decided to exercise the fifth-year year option on WR Kelvin Benjamin’s rookie contract, which will keep him with the Panthers through 2018 where his base salary will be $8.5 million.
- Benjamin’s receiving grade of 80.4 ranked 21st in the NFL last season.
- He was one of the NFL’s most dependable receivers last season dropping only two of 65 catchable passes, good for the seventh best rate in the league.