HOUSTON — Rookie pass rusher Nic Scourton could miss some time, after an injury in Thursday's joint practice was more serious than initially realized.

Panthers head coach Dave Canales said Saturday that Scourton suffered a collapsed lung.

The injury presented as heat exhaustion at first, but Scourton was checked by the Panthers medical staff back at the hotel and they realized it was more than just heat, so he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he spent Thursday night.

He wasn't even at NRG Stadium with the team Saturday, as his condition kept him from flying.

Instead, he was driven back to Charlotte with team athletic training staff and family members, arriving back home around kickoff.

"It was a very physical play," Canales said. "It was presenting like a heat exhaustion, because he was having trouble breathing. He was getting tired and all that, so we kind of cooled him down we couldn't get him to respond good enough to where we felt comfortable about putting him back into practice."

Canales said vice president of player health and performance Denny Kellington updated him but described it as "week to week" when asked when Scourton might return.

The second-round pick had an impressive training camp so far, including an impressive effort play last week when he covered more than 70 yards on a single snap before getting to Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders.