Panthers Getting Trade Calls For DT Derrick Brown

The Panthers sits at 3-4 through eight weeks, but they remain atop the NFC South a year after winning the division and hosting a playoff game. Brown is under contract through 2028 after signing a four-year extension in 2024 and restructuring that deal before this season.

Brown, 28, was a three-year starter at Auburn and was named the SEC Player of the Year in 2019. The Panthers selected him with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. 

He finished the final year of his four-year, $23,621,404 rookie contract, which included a $14,739,203 signing bonus, last season. The organization picked up his fifth-year option for the 2024 season, which was fully guaranteed at $11.665 million. 

Carolina signed him to a four-year, $96 million extension in April of 2024, worth $63.165 million guaranteed. He only appeared in one game that season, recording three tackles before suffering a season ending knee injury.

In 2026, Brown has appeared in seven games for the Panthers and recorded 21 total tackles, one tackle for loss and five passes defended.