As expected, the Carolina Panthers will not have their 2024 first-round pick on the field against the Arizona Cardinals.
Wide receiver Xavier Legette has been ruled out for the team’s Week 16 outing due to a hip injury. The rookie did not participate in practice throughout the week after making an early exit from last Sunday’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
Fellow rookie pass catcher Jalen Coker, who was limited on Thursday and Friday with a lingering quadriceps issue, has been listed as questionable. He led the Panthers with a career-high 110 receiving yards in Week 15.
Left tackle Ikem Ekwonu and right guard Robert Hunt are also questionable due to illnesses.
Here’s the full injury report from Friday:
| Injury | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Game status | |
| OLB Jadeveon Clowney | Illness/knee | DNP | Limited | Full | Questionable |
| S Sam Franklin Jr. | Neck/personal | DNP | Full | Full | – |
| S Xavier Woods | Rest | DNP | Full | – | – |
| WR Xavier Legette | Hip | DNP | DNP | DNP | Out |
| RB Chuba Hubbard | Rest | DNP | Full | – | – |
| OLB D.J. Wonnum | Rest/knee | DNP | Limited | Full | – |
| ILB Josey Jewell | Rest | DNP | Limited | Full | – |
| WR Adam Thielen | Rest | DNP | Limited | – | – |
| CB Jaycee Horn | Rest | DNP | Limited | Full | – |
| DL A’Shawn Robinson | Knee | DNP | Limited | DNP | Questionable |
| WR David Moore | Concussion | Limited | Limited | Full | Questionable |
| RB Raheem Blackshear | Chest | Full | Full | Full | – |
| G Robert Hunt | Illness | DNP | DNP | Questionable | |
| OT Taylor Moton | Rest | DNP | – | – | |
| WR Jalen Coker | Quadriceps | DNP | Limited | Questionable | |
| OT Ikem Ekwonu | Illness | Limited | Questionable |
