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USAT: Chiefs Wire

Mar 25, 2022

The Kansas City Chiefs are signing former Carolina Panthers linebacker Jermaine Carter Jr., according to ESPN’s Field Yates. Kansas City recently hosted Carter on a visit, and it didn’t take long for them to lock him down. - Carter, a former fifth-round pick by the Panthers in 2018, has spent his first four seasons with Carolina. He’s appeared in 65 career NFL games, with 17 starts in 2021. - Last season with the Panthers, Carter totaled 88 tackles, three tackles-for-loss, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery in 17 games. Carter served as the weakside linebacker in Carolina, which is a role he figures to serve in Kansas City. - - The Chiefs are signing former Panthers LB Jermaine Carter, Jr., per source. He started all 17 games for Carolina last season. - — Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 25, 2022 - - - Carter projects to be a replacement for linebacker Ben Niemann, who remains a free agent. - - List - - How the Chiefs can win Wave 2 of free agency - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Chiefs Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Chiefs Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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