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 [June 20, 2016]
June 19 (The Sports Xchange) -
Free agent cornerback Charles Tillman is hoping to return to the
Carolina Panthers for a 14th NFL season.
According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Carolina is the only
team Tillman wants to play for in 2016 once he is fully recovered
from the torn ACL that cost him a chance to play in the Super Bowl
last season.
"I just want to play for Carolina," Tillman said Saturday as he
assisted former Chicago Bears teammate Matt Forte with his annual
football camp in Slidell, La.
Tillman helped the Panthers to a 15-1 regular-season record last
year before the injury in Week 17 forced him out of the team's run
to the Super Bowl.
The 35-year-old Tillman told NOLA.com that he is "probably another
two months before I'm able to do a few more things" and likely would
not sign with a team until near the end of training camp.
Tillman played 12 seasons with the Bears after the team selected him
in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of
Louisiana-Lafayette. He joined the Panthers in 2015 after his
contract with the Bears was not renewed.
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The New Orleans Saints placed safety Jamarca Sanford on injured
reserve.
Sanford, 30, did not practice during minicamp last week but was in
attendance at practice watching from the sidelines. The nature of
Sanford's injury has not been disclosed by the team.
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Sanford, who was re-signed as a free agent during the offseason,
joined the Saints in 2014 after opening the year with the Washington
Redskins. He played in six games for the Saints in 2014 and all 16
games last season. He recorded 15 tackles and one interception in
2015, and has played 95 games in the NFL since entering the league
as a seventh-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 2009.
To take Sanford's spot on the roster, the Saints signed defensive
tackle Lawrence Virgil.
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The Oakland Raiders signed third-round linebacker Shilique Calhoun
to a four-year rookie contract.
With Calhoun's signing, the Raiders have now signed all of their
seven draft picks from the 2016 NFL Draft. (Editing by Andrew Both)
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