An All-American and Butkus Award winner in 2000, Dan Morgan was drafted 11^th Overall where the former Miami Hurricane would play 58 games in a career covered in injuries.  Morgan started all of his games, but the Middle Linebacker never competed in more than 13 games in a season and was only in 4 Games in his last two seasons (2006 & 2007).  He was a Pro Bowl Selection in 2004.

Frank Garcia was a Fourth Rounder from Washington and the Offensive Lineman would play for the Panthers for the first six seasons of his career.  Garcia was versatile as he would play Center, Left Guard and Right Guard over his Carolina stint where he played 91 games and started 84 of them.  His work in the trenches was a factor in the team reach the NFC Finals in their second year of existence.

Lamar Lathon played for the Houston Oilers for the first five seasons of his career and signed with the Panthers for their inaugural season.  The Linebacker would have the best year of his career in 1996 where he was a Pro Bowl and a Second Team All-Pro and helped the upstart Panthers reach the 1996 NFC Conference Final.  Overall, Lathon would record 23.5 Sacks for the franchise.

Eric Davis was a First Team All-Pro in 1995 as a San Francisco 49er, and he would sign with the Carolina Panthers the following season where he would again go to the Pro Bowl and would help them reach the NFC Championship that year.  Davis would have 5 Interceptions that year and consistently have the exact same mark in all five of his years as a Panther.