CHARLOTTE – Wide receivers Tiquan Underwood, Marvin McNutt, Kealoha Pilares and Toney Clemons are among the first Panthers roster cuts.
"We have some young (receivers) that we feel have to get a lot more reps – Philly (Brown) being one of them," head coach Ron Rivera said. "Having some of the other guys in cut into rep time.
"This is what we believe is in the best interest of the football team."
Carolina waived six players in addition to the aforementioned receivers.
Below is a complete list of Sunday's roster moves.
| POS | PLAYER | EXP | COLLEGE |
| WR | Tiquan Underwood | 6 | Rutgers |
| POS | PLAYER | EXP | COLLEGE |
| WR | Toney Clemons | 1 | Colorado |
| P | Jordan Gay | 1 | Centre |
| DT | Linden Gaydosh | 2 | Calgary |
| DE | Alex Hall | 4 | St. Augustine's |
| T | Oscar Johnson | 1 | Louisiana Tech |
| WR | Marvin McNutt | 2 | Iowa |
| LB | Anthony Morales | R | Weber State |
| WR | Kealoha Pilares | 4 | Hawaii |
| DE | Craig Roh | 1 | Michigan |
The Panthers now have 79 players on the roster. The team must cut four more players by 4 p.m. on Tuesday to reach the 75-man limit for the first roster reduction.
All clubs must reduce their rosters to a maximum of 53 players for the regular season by 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 30.
