Nic Scourton injury update: Panthers rookie pass rusher hospitalized amid scary situation

by: Daniel Hager 58 minutes ago DanielHagerOn3

Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales revealed on Saturday that linebacker Nic Scourton suffered a collapsed lung during practice on Thursday and the injury is more serious than the team originally thought. The rookie is now expected to miss some time heading into the regular season.

Scourton, who played football at Purdue (2022-23) and Texas A&M (2024) was selected with the No. 51 overall pick in the Second Round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Panthers.

Panthers head coach Dave Canales said rookie pass rusher Nic Scourton suffered a collapsed lung during practice Thursday, and the injury is more serious than the team initially thought. Scourton now is expected to miss some time.

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“Scourton suffered a collapsed lung,” Canales revealed on Saturday. “It was a very physical play. It was presenting like heat exhaustion because he was having trouble breathing and was getting tired and all that, so we cooled him down. We couldn’t get him to respond good enough to where we felt comfortable enough about putting him back into practice. I really attribute the training staff for kind of evaluating where he was at and saying this is not a guy who should return to practice today.”

“The symptoms kind of grew after practice, so we checked him into the hospital and that’s where they told us what was happening. Scourton was driving home, he went home yesterday, so he’s back in Charlotte. We’ll keep evaluating him but I’m not sure about timeline. It’s usually week-to-week with those types of things, but I’ve heard from the trainers and different coaches that a guy played the next week.”

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