Frank Alexander Injury: Updates on Panthers DE’s Achilles and Return

August 22, 2015   ·   Joseph Zucker   ·   Jump to comments

The Carolina Panthers will be down a defensive end as they enter the regular season after Frank Alexander tore his Achilles Saturday night, per Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer.
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Panthers See Second Major Injury in Less Than a Week Saturday, Aug. 22 Jonathan Jones added Alexander was in visible anguish after leaving the playing field. Eventually, he was "carted" back to the locker room, per Steve Reed of the Associated Press.
The Panthers later confirmed Alexander would be unable to return to the game.
This comes only a few days after Kelvin Benjamin was ruled out for the rest of the year with a torn ACL, leaving Carolina down two key players before the preseason is even over.
Alexander only appeared in one regular-season game last year after getting suspended a combined 14 games for violations of the NFL's substance-abuse policy.
The Panthers likely penciled in Alexander as their starter at right defensive end this offseason, but ...

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