Luke Kuechly.” I said ... but he joined Gross and other players in the autograph line. Kuechly: It was a good opportunity to meet all those guys on a very casual basis, outside the facility.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

L-u-u-u-u-u-k-e! That single, drawn-out syllable is all any Carolina Panthers fan needs to evoke a mental image of Luke Kuechly, the linebacker who did his job so well and was so well-loved by ...