BREAKING: Panthers to Sign Former Jets LB Frankie Luvu

Carolina adds another to the linebacker unit.

Last week, the Carolina Panthers started to fill out the holes at linebacker with the additions of Haason Reddick and Denzel Perryman. Tuesday afternoon, they added one more linebacker to the mix by signing former New York Jets linebacker Frankie Luvu, per Joe Person of The Athletic.

Panthers are also signing former Jets OLB Frankie Luvu, who had six sacks in three seasons with NYJ. Jets chose not to tender him, making him a UFA.

— Joe Person (@josephperson) March 23, 2021

Luvu spent the first three years of his career with the Jets where he had a limited role on defense and spent the majority of his time on the special teams unit. Statistically, his best year was as a rookie when he finished with 22 tackles, 11 QB hits, five tackles for loss, and three sacks. In year two, he saw his playing time diminish only appearing in 69 defensive plays (6% of all defensive snaps), but bounced back this past season appearing in 23% of all defensive snaps and also made three starts. 

He will likely mainly serve as a backup and compete for the 4th or 5th spot in the rotation. 

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