Carolina Panthers sign Oregon defensive tackle Popo Aumavae as undrafted free agent
The Carolina Panthers have reportedly signed Oregon DT Popo Aumavae as an undrafted free agent.
Here's what Aumavae brings to the Panthers, based on his career at Oregon.
What Popo Aumavae brings to Carolina Panthers
Aumavae plays like a traditional nose tackle, clogging the middle, taking on blockers and meeting ball carriers head on. Aumavae’s final season as a Duck was his seventh in Eugene. Between a traditional redshirt season as a true freshman in 2017, the noncounting pandemic season of 2020 and then a medical redshirt in 2022, Aumavae played in 51 games for Oregon.
Popo Aumavae highlights at Oregon football
Aumavae’s best season was in 2021 when he was named first-team all-Pac-12 by the Associated Press and Pro Football Focus. That season he had a career-high 36 tackles, including 3.0 for a loss of yards.
Popo Aumavae stats with Oregon football
84 tackles, 12.0 TFL, 6.5 sacks.
How Popo Aumavae performed at Oregon's Pro Day
Aumavae wasn’t invited to the NFL Scouting Combine but at Oregon’s Pro Day he ran an 5.16-second 40-yard dash, 4.83 in the shuttle run and clocked in at 8.03 in the 3-cone drill. He also had a 29.5-inch vertical jump, reached 9-0 in the broad jump and benched 225 pounds 17 times.
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This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Carolina signs Oregon's Popo Aumavae as undrafted free agent
