The Carolina Panthers made sure Kawann Short’s contract situation wasn’t going to end the same away Josh Norman’s did a year ago.

The Panthers signed Short, their franchise player, to a five-year contract extension on Monday, keeping the Pro Bowl defensive tackle with the team through the 2021 season.

The deal is worth $80 million, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team doesn’t release financial terms of contracts.

In 2016, the Panthers had placed the franchise tag on Norman, an All-Pro cornerback, only to later rescind the offer after being unable to reach terms on a contract extension. Norman became a free agent and signed the blockbuster deal a few days later with a Washington Redskins, leaving a gaping hole in Carolina’s secondary.

The contract puts Short among the top-five highest paid defensive tackles in the league.

Luck offers no timetable for return from shoulder surgery: Andrew Luck was eager to get back to work Monday. He’s still not sure when he’ll start throwing passes.

Three months after undergoing shoulder surgery, the Indianapolis Colts quarterback showed up for opening day of offseason workouts looking fit, trim and minus the sling he’d been wearing to protect his right arm.

“I am where the physical therapists, trainers and doctors say I am. I’m not going to worry about it.,” Luck said, declining to provide a timetable for his expected return. “I have full trust in the guys helping me out. I want to play, I want to play, but I’m not going to worry about it.”

Team officials have already said they don’t expect Luck to participate in much — if any — on-field drills between now and the end of June’s three-day mini-camp.

The hope is Luck will be healthy enough to return to action for the start of training camp. And there’s little doubt the Colts will be patient after watching their franchise player endure two straight injury-plagued seasons.

Luck acknowledged Monday for the first time that his physical woes began at Tennessee in Week 3 of the 2015 season.

He wound up missing nine games that season, the last seven with a lacerated kidney, before opting for rehab over surgery.