Carolina Panthers in 2025 NFL Pro Bowl: Former first-round pick Jaycee Horn gets the nod
Jaycee Horn is going to the 2025 NFL Pro Bowl Games.
The Carolina Panthers’ top cornerback received the honor of being voted into the annual all-star festivities on Thursday.
Horn, who missed Sunday’s 48-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has played in 15 of the team’s 16 games this season. He had previously appeared in just 22 of 51 games during his previous three seasons.
While a hip injury has hindered the final stretch of his fourth campaign, Horn has produced 68 tackles (five for loss), two sacks, 13 pass breakups and an interception on the season.
According to Pro Football Focus, Horn is allowing a 54.4% completion percentage in coverage, and despite being targeted 68 times this season, he has allowed just 37 catches for 418 yards and five touchdowns on the season.
The Panthers picked up Horn’s fifth-year option last offseason. The 2021 first-round pick has rewarded the franchise with exceptional play throughout the first year of the Dave Canales era.
Horn, who just turned 25 in November, is set to make $12.47 million in 2025. However, his Pro Bowl nod should give him some leverage entering a potential contract-extension negotiation.
According to Over the Cap, the Panthers could save roughly $9 million on the salary cap by reaching a new deal with Horn and spreading out his signing bonus throughout the length of the extension.
While running back Chuba Hubbard finished the season with 1,195 rushing yards and 11 total touchdowns, Horn was the only member of the Carolina squad to earn an initial Pro Bowl Games invite.
Hubbard and Horn were voted by their teammates as the offensive MVP and defensive MVP, respectively, in The Observer’s recent locker room poll.
The Panthers also announced Thursday they had three players named as alternates to the Pro Bowl games. Those three: guard Robert Hunt (second alternate), Hubbard (fourth) and punter Johnny Hekker (fifth).
This story was originally published January 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM.
