Now we just need him to get back in game shape.
"I told him, 'Well, you’re looking pretty rusty,'" head coach Ron Rivera said. "He knows, and he’s just going to keep working, hopefully work himself back into it."
What is also unsettled is what position Benwikere will play now that both of last year's starters, Charles Tillman and Josh Norman, are no longer on the team:
Rivera said the plan going forward is to work Benwikere at both left and right cornerback. And of course, he has experience at nickel.