Overview
- Carolina signed Jalen Coker to a three-year extension reported at roughly $34–35 million that keeps him under contract through at least 2029.
- The extension follows Coker’s 2025 breakout, when he totaled 134 receiving yards and a touchdown in the wild-card game versus the Rams and finished the season as a key target for Bryce Young.
- Coker told NFL Network he chose to stay partly because of his on-field chemistry with quarterback Bryce Young and praised Young’s leadership and room presence.
- The receiver emphasized offseason work on diet, mechanics and treatment to limit soft-tissue injuries after a 2024 hamstring issue and a 2025 quad problem.
- Because Coker entered the league as an undrafted player and signed an exclusive rights tender this spring, the Panthers were able to negotiate an early, cost-controlled extension that fits the front office’s strategy to retain young talent, with coach Dave Canales calling Coker and Tetairoa McMillan the team’s top receiving duo.