Panthers re-sign core special teamer before free agency begins
The Carolina Panthers will return a core special-teamer and team captain in 2019.
Safety Colin Jones was signed to a two-year deal on Monday morning, a league source told the Observer. The team later announced the signing.
The deal is worth $2.6 million, according to a league source. Jones would have been an unrestricted free agent when the new league year begins Wednesday had he not been re-signed.
Jones, 31, was voted by teammates as the Panthers’ special teams captain in 2018. He led the unit with six special teams tackles and also recovered a fumble for a touchdown in punt coverage against the New York Giants in Week 5.
The 2019 season will be Jones’ ninth, and eighth in Carolina.
This story was originally published March 11, 2019 at 10:10 AM.
