While both are deserving candidates, neither wide receiver Steve Smith nor linebacker Luke Kuechly made the cut as first-ballot Hall of Famers. Smith always faced more of an uphill battle to make ...

In a shock to many, Kuechly was not named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2025 class last week. The former seven-time All-Pro linebacker and NFL Defensive Player of the Year missed out on ...

After the Pro Football Hall of Fame released its list of 2025 finalists, there was a chance for former Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but instead ...

That wasn't a downside for Luke Kuechly, though. Kuechly is well on his way to becoming a Hall of Fame linebacker, and he may have benefited from having to take on such smart, good quarterbacks.

Some guys succeed no matter what the put their minds to. Former Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly appears to be one of them. After putting in a Hall of Fame kind of career in the NFL ...

Carolina Panthers fans are still reeling from the surprising omission of Luke Kuechly from the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s first-ballot class. Even one of Kuechly’s closest teammates ...

Luke Kuechly had hopes of becoming a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but they were squashed when the 2025 class was revealed. Only four names were inducted into the hall, and the former Carolina ...