CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers operating again Chuba Hubbard just isn’t anticipated to play Sunday in opposition to the Miami Dolphins attributable to a calf harm that has saved him out of form the previous two days, a league supply confirmed Friday.
Hubbard leads the Panthers in speeding with 217 yards on 53 carries coming off a 2024 season during which he rushed for 1,195 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Former Dallas Cowboys again Rico Dowdle, signed in the course of the offseason to a one-year, $3 million cope with the potential to get to $6.5 million, would get the beginning.
Dowdle has 83 yards on 28 carries as Hubbard’s backup. He had a career-high 1,079 yards speeding final yr for Dallas.
“Simply taking advantage of the chance, that is going to be the principle factor, doing what I can to assist the staff,” Dowdle mentioned Thursday amid hypothesis Hubbard wouldn’t play.
Rookie Trevor Etienne, who has 37 yards on eight carries whereas getting used largely as a return specialist, could be the seemingly backup.
Hubbard signed a four-year, $33.2 million deal late final season. He received off to a gradual begin this season and was restricted final week with the calf harm that held him to 10 carries for 49 yards.
The NFL Community first reported Hubbard just isn’t anticipated to play.
