CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Raiders linebacker Tahir Whitehead has signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Carolina Panthers, a league source confirmed to ESPN.

He has a $1.05 million salary, the league minimum for players with seven-plus years of experience, and a $1.45 million signing bonus, a source told ESPN.

Whitehead, who turns 30 on April 2, adds veteran experience to a linebacker corps that lost Pro Bowler Luke Kuechly to retirement after the season.

Whitehead was a fifth-round pick by the Detroit Lions out of Temple in 2012, when new Panthers coach Matt Rhule was an assistant for the Owls. Rhule went on to become the head coach at Temple from 2013 to 2016.