Kelvin Benjamin Goes Down With Knee Injury, Carted Off Field (UPDATE)

This would really hurt the Panthers.

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UPDATE:

Kelvin Benjamin has a torn ACL:

It’s a torn ACL for #Panthers WR Kelvin Benjamin

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 19, 2015

See original story below.

The Panthers can't afford to lose Kelvin Benjamin to an injury right now. They are very thin at the wide receiver position with guys like Ted Ginn Jr. and Devin Funchess behind Benjamin. But this morning, Benjamin went down with what appeared to be a pretty serious knee injury:

Kelvin Benjamin goes down with an injury when running a route, doesn't look good. pic.twitter.com/e4VOTjEW5A

— Jeff Zell (@Jeff_Zell) August 19, 2015

Obviously, we don't want to speculate about how bad it might be. But whenever you see a guy go down without getting touched, it's not good. Benjamin was carted off the field:

Kelvin Benjamin being helped to a cart. Cam Newton looking on over him pic.twitter.com/JVLHPUatwq

— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) August 19, 2015

Stay tuned for additional updates on the injury.

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