Panthers, Chuba Hubbard agree to 4-year contract extension

The Carolina Panthers are making definite 1 of their champion players isn’t going anywhere.

The Panthers and moving backmost Chuba Hubbard agreed to a four-year declaration hold connected Thursday. 

The declaration is worthy $33.2 cardinal with $15 cardinal guaranteed, the NFL Network reported.

Hubbard, 25, was drafted successful the 4th circular of the 2021 NFL Draft retired of Oklahoma State and emerged arsenic 1 of the Panthers' apical violative weapons. 

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Carolina Panthers moving backmost Chuba Hubbard  celebrates a touchdown astatine Bank of America Stadium. (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)

Hubbard is presently 5th successful the NFL with 665 rushing yards and is successful the apical 10 in the NFL successful rushing archetypal downs (33) and yards per rushing effort (5) portion scoring six touchdowns connected the season. 

The moving backmost played a cardinal relation successful the Panthers' 23-22 triumph implicit the New Orleans Saints connected Sunday, rushing for 72 yards and scoring 2 touchdowns successful the win. 

Hubbard’s hold is the latest concern the Panthers person made successful their moving backmost room.

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Carolina Panthers moving backmost Chuba Hubbard scores the winning touchdown against the New Orleans Saints astatine Bank of America Stadium. (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)

The squad selected Texas Longhorns moving backmost Jonathan Brooks with their second-round prime successful the 2024 NFL Draft, but Brooks hasn’t played a drawback this play yet owed to an ACL wounded helium suffered past November.

Brooks was activated from the reserve/non-football wounded database connected Wednesday, but it is yet to beryllium determined if helium volition marque his NFL debut this week erstwhile the Panthers instrumentality connected the New York Giants successful Germany connected Sunday. 

The Panthers besides signed moving backmost Miles Sanders to a four-year, $25 cardinal declaration pursuing a vocation twelvemonth with the Philadelphia Eagles anterior to past season, but helium has struggled with Carolina. 

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Carolina Panthers moving backmost Chuba Hubbard rushes for a touchdown against the Bears astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago. (Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images)

Last season, Sanders rushed for 432 yards and 1 touchdown, portion Hubbard became the featured backmost arsenic the play went on, rushing for 902 yards and 5 touchdowns. 

Sanders has been the superior backup to Hubbard this season, rushing for 143 yards and 1 touchdown this season. 

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