Record-breaking tenure continues: Carolina Panthers’ JJ Jansen re-signs for 17th year
JJ Jansen has played in more Panthers games than anyone in franchise history — and that record-setting tenure will continue in Carolina in 2025.
Jansen, 39, re-signed with the Panthers on a 1-year deal Friday, the team announced. Jansen has played in 260 games since being acquired by the Panthers in a trade with the Green Bay Packers in 2009.
Jansen has routinely re-signed on 1-year deals over the past several seasons. He was set to become a free agent on March 12, but he will skip that phase, as he has typically done during his long career.
Jansen is the second notable special teams move for the team this week, as the squad signed kicker Matthew Wright to a future/reserve deal on Tuesday.
Jansen’s longtime specialist teammates, punter Johnny Hekker and kicker Eddy Piñeiro, are still set to test the market in March. Jansen, Hekker and Piñeiro have served as the Panthers’ specialist trio over the past three seasons.
Jansen’s return will help special teams coordinator Tracy Smith as he begins to navigate second offseason of planning in Carolina.
Along with Hekker and Piñeiro, special teams standouts like safeties Nick Scott and Sam Franklin and tight end Feleipe Franks are also pending unrestricted free agents.
This story was originally published February 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM with the headline "Record-breaking tenure continues: Carolina Panthers’ JJ Jansen re-signs for 17th year."
