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Carolina Panthers’ platform, Ikem Ekwonu, may not be ready for the team’s opening match against Jacksonville jaguars after undergoing an emergency appendectomy operation last week.
Ekwonu, 24, went to the establishment of the team last weekend by complaining of stomach pain. It was verified by the team’s medical staff, who recommended emergency surgery.
Panthers coach Dave Canales told journalists last Wednesday that Ekwonu would be “day by day, to the match”.
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The offensive platform of the Panthers of the Caroline Ikem Ekwonu (79 years old) takes the ground during the first quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at the Bank of America Stadium on December 22, 2024, in Charlotte, in North Carolina. (Jim Dedmon / Imagn images)
Ekwonu did not participate in team training on Monday, according to the team’s website.
The Panthers have selected Ekwonu with the overall choice n ° 6 in the draft of the NFL 2022, and the product of the North Carolina State was durable during its first three seasons in the NFL. Ekwonu started 17 games in each of his first two seasons and started 15 of the 17 games last season.
Player recovery times for related procedures vary. The Pittsburgh steelers, the Steelers, Minkah Fitzpatrick, missed only eight days in 2022, while the old plates of Green Bay Packers David Bakhtiari missed three games the same season after the procedure.
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The offensive tackle of the Panthers of the Caroline Ikem Ekwonu (79) looks in the second half to the Bank of America Stadium on October 13, 2024, in Charlotte, in North Carolina. (Jim Dedmon / Imagn images)
If Ekwonu is unable to start against the Jaguars, the team will probably turn to Yosh Nijman backup.
Nijman should enter his sixth season in the NFL. He spent the first three seasons of his career with the Packers of Green Bay and the last two with the Panthers.
The offensive tackle of the Panthers of the Caroline Ikem Ekwonu (79) during the mini-camp at the Bank of America Stadium on June 11, 2025, in Charlotte, in North Carolina. (Jim Dedmon / Imagn images)
The 29 -year -old started 25 of the 83 games in which he appeared. Last season, he started three games on the right when Taylor Moto was injured.
The panthers play the jaguars on the road on September 7 at 1 p.m. he.
