Kelvin Smith News

The Carolina Panthers have signed linebacker Kelvin Smith off their practice squad and placed linebacker Thomas Davis on season-ending injured reserve.

The Carolina Panthers' punt-returner situation took a twist Monday and remains in flux today.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas The Panthers just announced they've signed five guys quarterback Hunter Cantwell , receiver Jason Cherry, defensive tackle George Hypolite , linebacker Mortty Ivy and linebacker Kelvin Smith -- to their practice squad.

The Panthers signed five players who they cut on Saturday to their practice squad: Quarterback Hunter Cantwell, receiver Jason Chery, linebackers Kelvin Smith and Mortty Ivy and defensive tackle George Hypolite.

The Carolina Panthers signed two rookies Sunday, filling their roster to the regular-season limit of 53 players.

Veteran safety Kevin Kaesviharn was among the 23 players trimmed from the Carolina Panthers roster on Saturday, as the team reached the 53-player NFL maximum.

It was 2003 when Bill Parcells rode into Dallas, assumed head coaching and a large share of personnel responsibilities, and turned a Cowboys team that had posted three straight 5-11 seasons into a surprising 10-6 playoff entry.

Kelvin Smith relishes his status. As the Giants take the field today for minicamp, the North Rockland High and Syracuse University product is one of the team's linebackers, for now.

The players who show up to rookie mini-camp each year on a tryout basis only are the NFL's longest of long shots.

While I was flying back to South Florida from my draft weekend in Buffalo, the Miami Dolphins announced Monday night they released quarterback John Beck .