Top 50 Carolina Panthers
Added as an Expansion team in 1995, the Carolina Panthers took little time to become good as they would make the NFC Conference Finals in their second season of existence. Competing in the NFC South, the Panthers have not yet won the Super Bowl, but they have won the NFC twice (2003 & 2015) so it is not like there has not been success for the Charlotte based franchise.
Note: Football lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics and post-season accolades.
A 3rd Round Pick from the University of Georgia where as a rookie he would take over as the starting Middle Linebacker as a rookie (2002). Witherspoon would remain at that position for the Panthers for the next three seasons and would record 8.0 Quarterback Sacks with 354 Combined Tackles, and he was part of the stellar 2003 Defense that…
Already a Super Bowl Champion with the Baltimore Ravens, Jeff Mitchell would play five seasons with the Panthers where he started all 78 games he played at Center. Mitchell was the anchor of a Carolina O-Line that in 2003 only allowed 23 Sacks and rush for over 2,000 Yards, and his presence was undoubtedly critical to that group.
From UCLA, DeShaun Foster was a 2nd Round Pick in 2002, and while he never had a 1,000 Rushing Yard season he did have three straight 850 Yard campaigns (2005-07), and in the five years he played for the Panthers he had 3,570 Rushing Yards and another 1,129 from the air. Foster would have a 33 Yard Rushing Touchdown in…
Josh Norman's first three seasons were reasonably non-descript, but in his fourth year he broke out with the best season he ever had. Norman had four Interceptions, and opposing Quarterbacks avoided him more and more as the season went on and he would hold QBs to the lowest passer rating when targeting him. The Cornerback would be named to the…
The seventh overall pick of the 2020 Draft, Defensive Tackle Derrick Brown has yet to taste the playoffs, but that is no fault of Brown, who has been a solid contributor to the Panthers’ defense. Brown won the starting job as a rookie and was a solid run-stuffer able to clog the interior. After three solid years, Brown had a…
With all due respect to Billy Cundiff, we are guessing that the Washington Redskins wish they never released Graham Gano in 2012 in favor of him.
One of the more versatile defensive players in the early 2020s, Jeremy Chinn came to the Carolina Panthers as a Second Round Pick from Southern Illinois. In the four seasons he played with the Panthers, Chinn lined up as an Inside Linebacker, Safety, and Cornerback. In his first two years with Carolina, he was one of the better tacklers in…
Greg Hardy arrived in Carolina as a 6th Round Pick from Ole Miss, and in his second season in the NFL he would secure a role as the team's starting Defensive End. Proving to be an excellent pass rusher, Hardy would record 34 Sacks and 44 Tackles for Loss with his best season coming in 2013. That year he was…
A 3rd Round Pick from Iowa in 2008, Charles Godfrey started at Free Safety as a rookie and would move to Strong Safety in his third season. He would play there for three more seasons for the Panthers as a starter, but injuries took him out of action for most of 2013, and he would be released shortly after that. …
From Troy University, Mario Addison bounced around with Chicago, Indianapolis, and Washington before finding a home with the Carolina Panthers late in the 2012 season. From 2013 to 2016, Addison would only start three games but we would be used as a pass rush specialist and would record 9.5 Quarterback Sacks in 2016. Following that year, he would become a…
Geoff Hangartner was drafted in the 5th Round from Texas A&M in 2005, and he would play in various places on the O-Line for four seasons before signing with the Buffalo Bills in 2009. The Panthers would sign him again where he would stabilize the Right Guard position for two seasons before being released after the third when he became…
Undrafted in 2011 from New Mexico, Byron Bell was an excellent pickup for the Carolina Panthers. Bell would become the starting Right Tackle for the team early in his rookie season, and he would hold that spot for three seasons before switching to Left Tackle in his fourth year, which would be his last in Carolina as he would sign…