Cam Gill is heading back to the NFL.
The Louisville Kings outside linebacker, who just finished a dominant UFL season, is signing with the Carolina Panthers, according to Fox Sports’ Greg Auman. Gill earned UFL Defensive Player of the Year honors after setting a new league single-season sack record in 2026, then helped power Louisville’s run from 0-3 to United Bowl champions.
The 28-year-old from Douglasville, Georgia, piled up 11 sacks for the Kings, along with 48 tackles and 14 tackles for loss. That production made him the anchor of Louisville’s defense and one of the biggest reasons the team finished with a title.
"This team has weathered the storm," Gill told The Courier Journal the day before the Kings' United Bowl victory over the DC Defenders last month. "It's just a testament to the grit and the toughness of this football team."
Gill’s last NFL action came in 2024 with Carolina, when he recorded 22 tackles, including six solo stops, in 10 games. He has not appeared in an NFL game since then, but this move gives him another shot after a career that started when he went undrafted out of Wagner in 2020.
Across his pro career, Gill has made 50 appearances at football’s highest level and also owns a Super Bowl ring from his time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He becomes the fifth Kings player to land on an NFL roster since Louisville’s inaugural UFL season ended. Kicker Tanner Brown, the UFL Special Teams Player of the Year, signed with the Saints, while wide receivers Tarik Black and Lucky Jackson joined the Detroit Lions and running back Ian Wheeler signed with the Buffalo Bills.
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