Panthers release TE Seth DeValve

[TheSpecialJuan]

David NewtonESPN Staff Writer 

The Panthers released tight end Seth DeValve today citing a non-football injury, a league source told ESPN's Field Yates. DeValve was a fourth-round pick out of Princeton by the Cleveland Browns in 2016. He was with Jacksonville last year and signed by Carolina in March. While with Cleveland in 2017, DeValve became the first white player to kneel during the national anthem to protest social injustice.

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

SETH DEVALVETE, UNSIGNED FREE AGENT

Panthers released TE Seth DeValve.

Cleveland's fourth-round pick in 2016, Carolina released DeValve with an undisclosed non-football injury only a few months into the 27-year-old's contract. A part-time player with the Jaguars (12/140) last year, it will admittedly be tough for DeValve to latch on anywhere until facilities re-open to players. Expect him to sign elsewhere later this summer

[45catfan]

Wow our TE rank is really thin.  I figured DeValve would be competing with Chris Manhertz for TE2.

[45catfan]

I expect with this new cap money we may bring in someone to compete for the starter or primary backup role.  Right now TE is our weakest spot.

[TheSpecialJuan]

we save $910 K

[45catfan]

1 minute ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

we save $910 K

What about Charles Clay?  It wasn't too long ago he was on a roll with the Bills.

[45catfan]

Here's Clay's numbers.  He was productive until the last couple of years.  Probably not a good fit in his one year with the Cardinals.  Not sure what happened his last season in Buffalo, though.

Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
Career					127	110	542	357	3868	10.8	24	187	67	2.8	30.5	65.9%	7.1	7	15	1	2	13	2.1	0.1	0.1	364	10.7	3883	25	3	33
4 yrs		BUF			54	53	274	178	1822	10.2	9	88	44	3.3	33.7	65.0%	6.6									178	10.2	1822	9	3	17
4 yrs		MIA			58	47	244	161	1809	11.2	14	87	67	2.8	31.2	66.0%	7.4	7	15	1	2	13	2.1	0.3	0.1	168	10.9	1824	15	0	14
2011	22	MIA	FB/TE	31	14	9	25	16	233	14.6	3	12	46	1.1	16.6	64.0%	9.3									16	14.6	233	3	0	2
2012	23	MIA	FB/TE	42	14	9	33	18	212	11.8	2	8	31	1.3	15.1	54.5%	6.4									18	11.8	212	2	0	2
2013	24	MIA	FB/TE	42	16	15	102	69	759	11.0	6	36	67	4.3	47.4	67.6%	7.4	7	15	1	2	13	2.1	0.9	0.4	76	10.2	774	7	0	5
2014	25	MIA	TE	42	14	14	84	58	605	10.4	3	31	41	4.1	43.2	69.0%	7.2									58	10.4	605	3	0	5
2015	26	BUF	TE	85	13	13	77	51	528	10.4	3	26	40	3.9	40.6	66.2%	6.9									51	10.4	528	3	1	5
2016	27	BUF	TE	85	15	15	87	57	552	9.7	4	22	40	3.8	36.8	65.5%	6.3									57	9.7	552	4	0	6
2017	28	BUF	TE	85	13	13	74	49	558	11.4	2	29	44	3.8	42.9	66.2%	7.5									49	11.4	558	2	1	5
2018	29	BUF	TE/WR	85	13	12	36	21	184	8.8	0	11	21	1.6	14.2	58.3%	5.1									21	8.8	184	0	1	1
2019	30	ARI	TE	85	15	10	24	18	237	13.2	1	12	47	1.2	15.8	75.0%	9.9									18	13.2	237	1	0	2

 

[jfra78]

Hardly knew ya

[hepcat]

Non football injury...white guy getting released during protests....wonder if there’s more to it. Probably not but timing is at least interesting 

[TheSpecialJuan]

26 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Non football injury...white guy getting released during protests....wonder if there’s more to it. Probably not but timing is at least interesting 

[Mr. Scot]

I tend to think of "non football injuries" as generally being minor (especially with a decent amount of time to heal before camp) but I haven't seen any more specific information.

Maybe they've just decided he's nothing special or perhaps there's somebody else they like better and they're dumping him to make room.

[Riverboat Ron]

Probably to make room for the Jamal Adams trade.

[jfra78]

52 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I tend to think of "non football injuries" as generally being minor (especially with a decent amount of time to heal before camp) but I haven't seen any more specific information.

Maybe they've just decided he's nothing special or perhaps there's somebody else they like better and they're dumping him to make room.

A bubble player having a non football injury would kinda seal the deal on getting cut

[Billy Love]

O.J. Howard please