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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...