Panthers Not Looking To Trade DT Derrick Brown

Schultz’s report echoes what Joseph Person of The Athletic noted before Week 9, as Carolina still doesn’t seem willing to move Brown despite a 3-5 record that has them in first place in the NFC South. 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 eight games for the Panthers and recorded 25 total tackles, one tackle for loss and five passes defended.