We’re counting down the days until the Panthers open up the 2025 season!
In this series, we’ll be counting down until opening kickoff by running through the Panthers roster by jersey number. Today’s piece looks at the current and historical players to have ever donned No. 87 for the Carolina Panthers.
Current Player: Brycen Tremayne
Tremayne (6’4”, 212 lbs) is a big bodied, young receiver who has a lot to prove before he makes an NFL roster. The Stanford graduate was a 2023 UDFA pick up by the Washington Commanders who spent 2024 out of football.
Tremayne will be worth keeping an eye on if makes the practice squad. The Panthers relative abundance of talent at wide receiver will leave no room to spare on the 53-man roster. But with head coach Dave Canales’ history as a wide receivers coach, a practice squad spot for Tremayne would suggest something of note in his game.
Notable Previous Players to wear number 87: Muhsin Muhammad II, Jeff King
There have only been two Panthers to wear the number 87 jersey for longer than one season. Those players are Muhsin “Moose” Muhammad II (1996-2004, 2008-2009) and Jeff King (2006-2007).
Moose spent 11 seasons out of a 14 season NFL career with the Panthers, racking up 696 receptions for 9,225 yards and 50 touchdowns in 155 career games for the Panthers.
He is the second All-Time leading receiver (by yards) in Carolina Panthers history and possibly the most successful second round draft pick ever made by the Panthers franchise.
During Moose’s brief misadventures with the Chicago Bears, his jersey was worn by tight end Jeff King. King played five of his seven NFL seasons with the Panthers after being drafted by them in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL draft.
King managed just shy of 1,000 yards receiving in his five seasons with the Panthers, which qualified him as a prolific and dynamic weapon under John Fox’s feared offenses.