The Carolina Panthers agreed to a one-year contract with veteran defensive end Bruce Irvin, a league source told the Observer on Tuesday morning.
Irvin, 31, played the bulk of his career with the Seattle Seahawks, the team that drafted him No. 15 overall in 2012. He played for the Oakland Raiders in 2016 and 2017, and split time between the Raiders and the Atlanta Falcons in 2018.
Irvin, who has recorded 43.5 career sacks, can immediately can help a Panthers pass-rush that stalled in 2018 and lost starting veteran Julius Peppers to retirement at the end of the season.