CHARLOTTE — Ejiro Evero and staff always knew Jaycee Horn could have a year like this one. He just needed the marriage of time on the field, not sidelined by injury, and opportunity.

"He's certainly grown," said Evero of his star cornerback on Wednesday. "Our first year with him was challenging just because there's so many games missed, and at that position in our defense, you really have to play a lot to kind of learn all the nuances and how we're going to feature him and all that."

Horn missed 29 games over his first three seasons with various injuries. In 2022, while playing 13 games, the first-round corner set a career high with three interceptions. In 2024, Horn had his best season to date, playing 15 games and posting a career high 68 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

But this season, the

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