{"id":10298,"date":"2020-01-16T16:42:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=10298"},"modified":"2020-01-16T16:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:48:00","slug":"carolina-panthers-luke-kuechly-to-retire-at-28-over-concussion-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/carolina-panthers-luke-kuechly-to-retire-at-28-over-concussion-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers&#8217; Luke Kuechly To Retire At 28 Over Concussion Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luke-kuechly.jpg\" alt=\"Luke Kuechly\" title=\"Carolina Panthers Star Luke Kuechly To Retire At 28 Over Concussion Concerns\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10299\" \/>Carolina Panthers star linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukekuechly\">Luke Kuechly<\/a> has announced on social media his imminent retirement from professional football at the age of 28. <\/p>\n<p>Kuechly who was clearly emotional in the video, laid out the thinking process that led to his decision, stating that he was no longer confident in his ability to play football in the physically tough, mentally resilient way that he was used to playing since childhood. <\/p>\n<p>Although Kuechly expressed the desire to continue playing, he stated that, after a long series of deliberations, he could no longer put off retiring from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/american-football\/nfl\">NFL<\/a>. Kuechly is considered one of the best linebackers in the league. His protracted NFL career features <em>1,092 tackles<\/em>, the highest of any player since 2012. <\/p>\n<p>Kuechly also has <em>18 interceptions and 75 tackles<\/em> for loss, the third and fifth most for a linebacker in franchise history since 2012, respectively. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn my heart, I know it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mSDyJ0iEMw\">pic.twitter.com\/mSDyJ0iEMw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Panthers\/status\/1217257977352204294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">15 January 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kuechly did not explicitly identify the reasons for his inability to play football in the way that he wanted, but it can be assumed that his history of concussions played a key role: from 2015 to 2017, Kuechly sustained concussions that made him miss seven games.<\/p>\n<p>The concussions became such a problem for Kuechly that, for the last three seasons, he used an experimental \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/qcollar.ca\">Q Collar<\/a><\/em>\u201d that purportedly decreased the risk for concussions. He last sustained a football-related concussion in 2017; thought Kuechly missed time in training camp, he maintained that it was not concussion-related.<\/p>\n<p>Kuechly filmed his retirement announcement in the linebackers\u2019 room of the Bank of America Stadium, where he reviewed the videos that made him one of the premiere linebackers in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports Productions<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FS58uS9TCag?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Kuechly\u2019s Decision Met with Support<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ron Rivera<\/strong>, Kuechly\u2019s former coach at the Carolina Panthers picked Kuechly in the NFL 2012 draft. The current Washington Redskins coach expressed his support for Kuechly\u2019s decision, saying that he was proud to have played a role in Kuechly\u2019s short but eventful career.<\/p>\n<p>Panthers owner <strong>David Tepper<\/strong> released a statement that acknowledged the positive impact that Kuechly has had with the team. Tepper said that, despite only knowing Kuechly for two seasons, he was able to recognise the value Kuechly created in the team in and out of the playing field. Tepper said that although he would have liked Kuechly to play on and stay with the team for more time, he affirmed that the Panthers organisation respects his decision and wishes him well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolina Panthers star linebacker Luke Kuechly has announced on social media his imminent retirement from professional football at the age of 28. Kuechly who was clearly emotional in the video, laid out the thinking process that led to his decision, stating that he was no longer confident in his ability to play football in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","category-sports","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Panthers&#039; Luke Kuechly To Retire At 28 Over Concussion Concerns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Carolina Panthers star linebacker Luke Kuechly has announced on social media his imminent retirement from professional football at the age of 28\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/carolina-panthers-luke-kuechly-to-retire-at-28-over-concussion-concerns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Panthers&#039; 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