Panthers trade Diontae Johnson to Baltimore

CHARLOTTE — The Panthers continued so as to add to their draft stock for the long run on Tuesday, upgrading a decide within the 2025 NFL Draft.

The staff traded huge receiver Diontae Johnson and a sixth-round decide to the Ravens for a fifth-round decide.

The 28-year-old Johnson led the Panthers in receiving by means of seven video games, with 30 catches for 357 yards and three touchdowns. He didn’t play final week in opposition to the Broncos due to an indirect concern.

He was acquired in March in a take care of Pittsburgh of gamers on expiring contracts, with cornerback Donte Jackson and a sixth-round decide final 12 months going there in alternate for Johnson and a seventh. They subsequently drafted linebacker Michael Barrett with that decide, and finally traded him to the Seahawks for cornerback Mike Jackson, who has began all eight video games this season.

By transferring Johnson now, they have been in a position so as to add the fifth-rounder, which will get them to seven picks within the first 5 rounds of subsequent 12 months’s draft.

They now have a decide in every of the primary 4 rounds, three fifths, and two seventh-rounders. You’ll be able to see the total breakdown of their future draft picks right here.