One of the most striking images of the 2016 NFL season was a tearful Luke Kuechly being carted off the field after suffering a concussion during a Thursday Night Football game against the Saints.

Luke Kuechly retired pretty early. It's probably one of the biggest things that kept the Carolina Panthers linebacker out of the Hall of Fame in his first year. Kuechly was just 28 when he hung up ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Luke Kuechly will be the man in the middle of a high-stakes chess game on Super Sunday with Peyton Manning. And when you play against the quarterback grandmaster, you better ...

When Luke Kuechly retired from the N.F.L. in 2020 at 28, he had played eight stellar years as a linebacker for the Carolina Panthers and had sustained at least three documented concussions. He ...

BALTIMORE – Jon Beason had seen it before from Luke Kuechly -- a seemingly bogus penalty called on him followed by a huge play. Though Beason has misremembered some of the details, the gist of ...

Luke Kuechly is walking away from the NFL at 28. In a stunning move Tuesday night, the Carolina Panthers linebacker and former NFL defensive player of the year announced he was retiring from football.

Once, Luke Kuechly showed me his hands. It was sticky summertime, and we were talking about fly-fishing. He loves to tie his own flies, and it bothered him that he couldn’t do so during football ...

In 2011, the Panthers picked Cam Newton first overall. In 2012, Luke Kuechly was the selection at nine overall. Newton would go on to win an MVP, the only one in franchise history. Kuechly would ...

Kuechly suffered three known concussions within three seasons. Luke Kuechly was gasping for air. The look in his eyes -- fear, panic, not again -- was unmistakable, even as they welled with tears.

See the top highlight plays from Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly in the 2019 NFL season. Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith totals 218 yards and two touchdowns against the ...