CHARLOTTE — The competition for the starting center spot is over.

Panthers head coach Dave Canales said Monday the team was moving forward with veteran Austin Corbett in the middle, after he and Cade Mays had competed throughout the spring.

Corbett, who will turn 30 prior to the start of the regular season, started at center for the first five games last year before he was lost to a torn biceps.

"We talked to Austin and we talked to Cade Mays; they both did a great job," Canales said. "Austin Corbett's going to be our starting center.

"We decided to make that decision knowing that this week, going to Houston with the joint practice and then having the game, we felt like those reps just kind of solidifying who's the starter going to be with Bryce Young , it's a good time to kind o

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