Cornerback · Carolina Panthers

Role Score

Developmental

Projected Role

Unknown

Current Status

CARCAR

Last Season → Now

Player profile

Age: 27 yr
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 198 lb
NFL Experience: 4 years
Birth Date: Jun 22, 1999
College: Missouri
Draft: 2022
Draft Pick: R4 · #118

Availability & contract

Expected Games: 13/17
Total Contract: $1.4M
This Year: $1.3M
Per Game: $74K

Roster Value breakdown

Compare this player against

Roster Value+6.0 vs NFL CB68th percentile

Role−7.4 vs NFL CB39th percentile

Experience+18.0 vs NFL CB62nd percentile

Prime+6.5 vs NFL CB49th percentile

Durability+16.6 vs NFL CB71st percentile

Continuity+4.7 vs NFL CB62nd percentile

Draft Pedigree+21.4 vs NFL CB70th percentile

Contract Fit−7.8 vs NFL CB32nd 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 Akayleb Evans fits · Cornerbacks

CAR cornerbacks, last season vs this season — Akayleb Evans 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 · 2026Secondary: Renaldo Hill

#8Jaycee Horn879213/177699769690$11M26.86'1"200

#26Chau Smith-Wade717215/175277909634$1.2M24.05'11"176

#42Cam MillerFree agent26455/170050900—23.26'0"192

#43Devonta SmithFree agent26455/170050940—23.85'11"195

#29Akayleb Evans534013/175534789550$1.3M27.36'2"198

#2Mike Jackson613515/178092887933—29.76'1"210

#24Will Lee IIIDrafted, unsigned40354/1700509245—23.56'1"189

#32Zion ChildressPractice squad32303/17——18960—24.75'11"195

DeCarlos NicholsonFree agent19303/170050960—24.96'3"189

Last season · 2025Secondary: Renaldo Hill

Jaycee Horn879213/177699769690$11M26.86'1"200

Chau Smith-Wade717215/175277909634$1.2M24.05'11"176

Damarri MathisUnknown565513/17580799352—27.55'11"195

David LongUnknown46458/17560508665—28.65'11"196

Michael ReidUnknown35455/170050960—24.36'2"200

Corey ThorntonOn waivers434512/17182571960$1.0M25.66'1"195

Akayleb Evans534013/175534789550$1.3M27.36'2"198

Mike Jackson613515/178092887933—29.76'1"210

Robert RochellFree agent38359/17290558745$1.1M28.46'0"195

Contract notes

Short excerpts from public reporting. These notes are reported context, separate from the structured contract figures above.

“one-year deal.”

ReportedCarolina Panthers Official News

Transactions

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

#29Akayleb Evans

Roster Value53

UnknownCAROffseason roster

Carolina Panthers sign Akayleb Evans

Mar 11, 2026

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