Josh Norman will have a new jersey number this week

“So me, it’s a sense of the jersey chose me, I didn’t choose it,” he said. “So it’s about the man who’s inside of it. I had my time in that thing, and it was special. We went to championship games, went to Super Bowls, made All-Pro.

“But now, to garnish that, I think we do it in a different way, a different number.”

That jersey was worn by quarterback Baker Mayfield earlier this year, but the Panthers have had good luck with corners in single digits in the past. When Stephon Gilmore was here last season, he wore No. 9.