CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke ... out there and you're sitting in here and all the guys come in, they're all sweaty, they had a good practice ... you're just like, 'Man ...

Those gridiron greats are now joined by Luke Kuechly, the linebacker from Cincinnati who garnered little national recognition coming out of high school. There are life-sized pictures of Kuechly ...

During the school day, however, there was a lot of buzz in the hallways about a different topic: Luke Kuechly ... football players has been testing out a collar that, in theory, is designed ...

Luke Kuechly retired pretty early. It's probably one of the biggest things that kept the Carolina Panthers linebacker out of the Hall ... But would he come back to play linebacker for the Panthers?

That single, drawn-out syllable is all any Carolina Panthers fan needs to evoke a mental image of Luke Kuechly ... and I would come in and spell Kevin when he needed a break.

Kuechly's time in the league was cut short out of precaution ... those that were actually on the team. Players like Luke Kuechly don't come around all that often, mainly because they have to ...