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Panthers sign local player

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CHARLOTTE — The Panthers signed undrafted rookie punter Joseph Charlton to a three-year deal on Wednesday.

Charlton was a record-setting punter at South Carolina, earning the top spot in program history with a 45.5-yard punting average. He set the single-season program record two years in a row, first with a 44.8-yard punt average in 2018 and followed it with a 47.7-yard average last season. His senior average went up nearly three yards despite punting 20 more times than he did as a junior. Charlton placed 28 punts inside the 20-yard line with just five touchbacks in 2019.

After redshirting in 2015 and backing up senior punter Sean Kelly in 2016, Charlton handled South Carolina's punting duties from 2017-19.

Charlton will remain close to home, having graduated from A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, S.C.

The Panthers now have two punters on their roster, Charlton and Michael Palardy, who has been Carolina's primary punter since 2016. Palardy owns a 45.3 yards per punt average. Last year, he averaged 46.0 yards on a career-high 74 punts.
 

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sorry I couldn’t post the link. Not sure what this means for Palardy but I’m guessing it’ll make things interesting at cutdown time.

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9 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

If Palardy gets cut, $500k in dead cap and $2.1million in cap savings.  If the new dude is pretty good, why not?

Palardy is really good, well worth his cap hit and having a lefty punter is rare but very nice.

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2 minutes ago, t96 said:

Palardy is really good, well worth his cap hit and having a lefty punter is rare but very nice.

I got that Palardy has been solid for us, but what if he actually beats out Palardy?  We are talking about the punting position and they have one job, so it's not out of the realm of possibility.   No complex scheme or detailed playbook retention required here.  Looking at his bio, dude was solid for the Gamecocks.

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12 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

I got that Palardy has been solid for us, but what if he actually beats out Palardy?  We are talking about the punting position and they have one job, so it's not out of the realm of possibility.   No complex scheme or detailed playbook retention required here.  Looking at his bio, dude was solid for the Gamecocks.

It is a tough thing to weigh, especially with no preseason games.  He may look better at camp, but would you trust that when the lights are on?

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4 minutes ago, BlazeCarolina said:

It is a tough thing to weigh, especially with no preseason games.  He may look better at camp, but would you trust that when the lights are on?

Literally any other position on the team I would have serious reservations about...even down to long snapper.  Remember Palardy was a relative no name when we signed him.  This is not unprecedented.  

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Missed the biggest reason, punters have no backup. Like if Palardy came down with convid, this is insurance for that. Plus given the punt returner spot is wide open, (even with Copper here) just another leg for practice. I doubt this putting Palardy on notice. This guy is a local, free agent, and can punt. Smarty Marty at work. 

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