A late First Round Pick from Missouri (27th in 2010), DeMarre Carroll was a journeyman player who had stints for Memphis, Houston, Denver, Utah, Atlanta, Toronto, Brooklyn, and San Antonio, but for a hot second, while he was with the Hawks, it looked like Carroll was about to break out.
Named the Co-Player of the Month in January of 2005, Carroll finished the year fourth in Effective Field Goal Percentage. Carroll never broke that threshold, but he had five 10-plus Points per Game years, which is nothing to sneeze at.
Professionally, Corey Brewer was a journeyman player who served 13 seasons in the NBA, highlighted by winning an NBA Championship with Dallas in 2011. He was never close to being an All-Star, but the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame cares about collegiate accomplishments, and Brewer helped lead Florida to win two NCAA Titles while winning a Final Four MVP.
Many Hall of Fame players has three fewer Championships than Brewer.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post-2021 revision of our top 50 Carolina Panthers.
As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Panthers again failed to make the playoffs, but there were changes in the top 50, including one new entry and two elevations.
As always, we present our top five:
1. Steve Smith
2. Cam Newton
3. Luke Kuechly
5. Ryan Kalil
You can find the entire list here.
It is worth noting that Newton, who returned midway through last season to Carolina, did not surpass Smith and remains at #2.
Wide Receiver, D.J. Moore, climbed to #37 from #48.
Linebacker, Shaq Thompson went from #46 to #40.
The lone debut is Offensive Lineman, Taylor Moton comes in at #50.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
As of this writing, Western Michigan’s Taylor Moton is entering his seventh year in the National Football League, all of which have been spent with the Carolina Panthers.
Moton was a backup as a rookie and became a starter at Right Tackle in his second year, quietly doing a good job and providing stability at his position. It is possible that there is a Pro Bowl in his future.