Cam Newton's longtime most reliable target with the Carolina Panthers will be ready for kickoff of the 2019 season. Veteran tight end Greg Olsen said on Wednesday that he's “been cleared for everything” following season-ending surgery on his right foot in December, according to Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer.

Olsen went on injured reserve in Week 15 of last season after rupturing the plantar fascia in his foot during a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That setback stemmed from the 34-year-old re-fracturing his surgically-repaired foot in Week 1, an injury that caused him to miss the next three games after Carolina's season-opener. The procedure Olsen had in December addressed the Jones fracture repair he had done at the conclusion of the 2017 season rather than the ruptured plantar fascia, which heals with rest and rehabilitation rather than surgery.

A 12-year veteran, Olsen has been a stalwart for the Panthers since being traded from the Chicago Bears in July 2011. He made the Pro Bowl three years running in 2014, 2015, and 2016 before injuries limited him to just 16 combined games over the past two seasons. In 2018, Olsen had 27 catches for 291 yards and four scores in nine games, catching a career-best 71.1 percent of his targets.

Olsen is currently participating in Carolina's organized team activities. The Observer reported that he “moved around well” on Wednesday, an encouraging sign for an aging player who's had multiple surgeries on his right foot. If he's able to maintain a clean bill of health, expect Olsen to again emerge as a focal point of the Panthers' passing attack in 2019.