Carolina Panthers GM Dan Morgan made a huge Bryce Young announcement.
Carolina Panthers GM Dan Morgan conducted his season-ending press conference on Tuesday and he announced huge Bryce Young news.
Morgan said the Panthers will pick up the fifth-year option on Young.
"Bryce has shown flashes of greatness this year against high level competition,'' Morgan said. "Just as a team we weren't as consistent as we want to be on a game-to-game basis, but that's part of what happens with a young team.
"Bryce did a great job this year, and I'm just really excited about moving forward and still developing chemistry with our receivers and just the pieces around him.''
Young had 3,011 passing yards and 23 passing touchdowns in the regular season. He led the Panthers to the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season.
In the Panthers-Los Angeles Rams playoff game, Young finished with 264 passing yards, one passing touchdown, 24 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
"We are still talking through the roster and where things look from a big picture view," Morgan said. "That is still stuff that is up in the air that we are still working through at this point."
The Panthers may have lost to the Rams in the Wild Card Round of the 2026 NFL playoffs, but it's evident that QB Bryce Young has the support of the locker room.
From head coach Dave Canales to CB Mike Jackson, Young is beloved by the Panthers.
"Gritty, just gritty, tough," Canales said about Young. "This is a really good pass-rushing group, and he made plays. He extended the play, found guys down the field consistently, and ran a touchdown in from a little bit further out. And of course, he'd be up here, and he'll tell you he would love to have that interception back, and that's a part of this game that he understands is in his control.
"But at the same time, to give us a chance to take the ball all the way down after the punt, a couple of plays, and then punch it in with the beautiful throw right there to Coker at the end to take the lead was unbelievable. I just can't say enough about the way Bryce stepped up and played in this game."
So far with the Panthers, Young has 49 passing touchdowns, 8,291 passing yards and 30 interceptions. He was the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
"He's a tough dude; he's a really tough dude,'' Morgan said.