"In my two seasons with Luke, I quickly recognized how special ... Olsen was among several teammates and NFL players to pay tribute to Kuechly on their Twitter accounts. Kuechly finishes his ...

“Luke is a once-in-a-generation player and ... The Panthers tweeted a tribute to Kuechly, calling him the ”the face, the heart and the soul of our defense.” He was one of the most beloved ...

While Panthers fans and Carolinians were still processing Tuesday’s jarring news that Luke Kuechly is retiring ... After the game, which featured a video tribute to him as he stood on the ...

Kuechly finishes his career as a 7-time Pro Bowler, a 5-time All-Pro, the 2012 Defensive Rookie of the Year and was the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year. And some time down the line he will be a ...

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.

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 ...

Luke Kuechly will go down as one of the best Panthers of all-time along with one of the top middle linebackers of this generation. Unfortunately, his career came to an end this past January when ...

The Kuechly Gnome even has a Twitter page, or rather two of them: Kuechly Gnome and Luke Kuechly Gnome, both of which are filled with postings from people begging for one. And there in lies the ...

Former Giants quarterback and two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and former Panthers linebacker and 2013 Defensive Player of the Year Luke Kuechly will not be part of this year's induction class.