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Best and worst PFF grades from the Panthers' 2025 season
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A rather exciting and pretty inspiring 2025 campaign is now in the books for the Carolina Panthers . So, which players aced this year-long test?
Here are the team's best and worst Pro Football Focus grades from the season . . .
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* Players listed recorded at least 100 offensive or 100 defensive snaps, postseason included.
Best of the offense
1. RT Taylor Moton : 81.0
2. WR Tetairoa McMillan : 79.3
3. LG Damien Lewis : 77.7
4. WR Jalen Coker : 75.4
5. RG Brady Christensen : 72.7
Moton's excellence continues, as he's now finished with a top-three offensive grade for Carolina in six of the last seven seasons. The former second-round pick, amongst Panthers with at least 100 offensive snaps, has taken the No. 1 spot three times since 2020.
McMillan and Coker led the team in the passing game—with 79.2 and 75.3 receiving grades, respectively. The former also comes away 1,014 receiving yards, the most ever for a Panthers rookie.
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Worst of the offense
18. C Cade Mays : 61.0
19. WR Hunter Renfrow : 56.9
20. WR Xavier Legette : 52.0
21. TE Ja'Tavion Sanders: 51.6
22. RG Chandler Zavala : 43.5
Save for wideout David Moore , Legette and Sanders finished with the offense's two lowest receiving grades (54.0 and 50.2). Both also took a dip in production from their rookie campaigns, with Legette going from 497 receiving yards to 363 and Sanders from 342 to 190.
Zavala, amongst Panthers at that 100-snap mark, has finished with the unit's worst overall grade in two of his three NFL seasons.
Best of the defense
1. CB Mike Jackson : 83.5
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2. DL Derrick Brown : 73.3
3. CB Corey Thornton: 68.5
4. OLB Nic Scourton : 68.0
5. DL A'Shawn Robinson: 63.7
Excluding his 26-snap season in 2021, Jackson hit a career-high with an 85.8 coverage grade. According to PFF, he allowed a 65.1 passer rating when targeted—the 10th-best amongst all cornerbacks with at least 100 coverage snaps.
Brown now has three top-two finishes for Carolina in his last three full seasons. He had the Panthers' top overall defensive grade in 2022 (84.4) and 2023 (90.1).
Worst of the defense
17. OLB Princely Umanmielen : 49.8
18. ILB Christian Rozeboom : 48.4
19. DL LaBryan Ray : 45.7
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20. ILB Krys Barnes : 43.9
21. DL Tershawn Wharton : 43.0
Wharton's 34.5 run defense grade was the worst amongst all 31 players who recorded a defensive snap for Carolina in 2025.
Rozeboom tied for a team-high 19 missed tackles.
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This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: Panthers PFF grades: Best and worst from the 2025 season
