The Carolina Panthers may be filling out their practice squad with someone very familiar to head coach Dave Canales.
According to Joe Person of The Athletic, the team is set to sign quarterback John Wolford to round out the 16-man group. The 28-year-old veteran spent the 2023 campaign under Canales, when he served as the offensive coordinator for the NFC South champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Canales took quite a liking to Wolford during their year together in Tampa, as he praised the Wake Forest product for his high football IQ very early on in their working relationship.
“John’s fantastic,” Canales said on the Pewter Report Podcast last summer. “He’s for sure – hands down – the smartest guy in the room. It’s not even close. He’s funny. He’s constant … I just love being around him. I heard great things about him through [Seahawks offensive coordinator] Shane [Waldron, who came from the Rams] and so when we had an opportunity to bring him in, he and I had a great conversation, and he came in and killed it.”
Wolford has appeared in seven regular-season games, including three starts for the Los Angeles Rams in 2022. In all, he’s passed for 626 yards, one touchdown and five interceptions.
He will be the second quarterback on Carolina’s practice squad, joining rookie Jack Plummer.
