CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 15 (UPI) -- Carolina failed to come to terms with defensive end Julius Peppers before Wednesday's deadline for negotiating long-term deals with franchise players.
Peppers, a 6-foot-7, 283-pounder and former two-sport star -- football and basketball -- at North Carolina, signed one-year franchise tender June 24 worth $16.7 million, ending a possible training camp holdout.