Player profile

Age: 25 yr
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 320 lb
NFL Experience: 4 years
Birth Date: Oct 31, 2000
College: N.C. State
Draft: 2022
Draft Pick: R1 · #6

Availability & contract

Expected Games: 16/17
Total Contract: $28M
This Year: $18M
Per Game: $1.0M

Roster Value breakdown

Compare this player against

Roster Value+42.6 vs NFL OT97th percentile

Role+41.1 vs NFL OT89th percentile

Experience+41.2 vs NFL OT83rd percentile

Prime+2.3 vs NFL OT53rd percentile

Durability+33.2 vs NFL OT90th percentile

Continuity+65.8 vs NFL OT86th percentile

Draft Pedigree+58.7 vs NFL OT97th percentile

Contract Fit+16 vs NFL OT85th percentile

Status and availability

Where he stands

Unknown

His roster status is not established yet.

Next game

Not established

We do not yet have what it takes to answer this for the next game.

No published status yet

Still needed: a scheduled next game.

Where Ikem Ekwonu fits · Tackles

CAR tackles, last season vs this season — Ikem Ekwonu is highlighted. This shows where he sits in the room now, alongside last season's group for context.

NEW arrived this offseasonRE-UP re-signedLEFT left after last season- returning players are unmarked

This season · 2026Offensive Coordinator: Brad Idzik

#72Taylor MotonReserve list929216/179599949169$21M32.16'5"325

#79Ikem EkwonuReserve/PUP919216/177999929291$18M25.96'4"320

#57Monroe FreelingDrafted, unsigned828411/1700507984—22.26'7"315

#76Albert Reese26455/170050860—24.16'7"330

Isaia GlassPractice squad26455/17——50830—23.56'4"311

Jake CurhanPractice squad453011/17544267960—28.66'6"316

#73Stone Forsythe402515/17610869614$2.0M28.76'8"332

#63Rasheed Walker382015/1772086945$4.0M26.66'6"325

Last season · 2025Offensive Coordinator: Brad Idzik

Taylor Moton929216/179599949169$21M32.16'5"325

Ikem EkwonuReserve/PUP919216/177999929291$18M25.96'4"320

Yosh Nijman757216/17658696960—30.76'7"314

Jake CurhanPractice squad453011/17544267960—28.66'6"316

Brady ChristensenInjured reserve603011/176697629668—30.06'6"297

Transactions

Every tracked move involving this player, from the canonical transaction tracker.

#79Ikem Ekwonu

Roster Value91

CARCARReserve/PUP

Carolina Panthers place Ikem Ekwonu on reserve/PUP

Aug 30, 2026

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