Today the Carolina Panthers announced that they have signed OLB Antwan Applewhite and released DE George Selvie. This is very much a move to bring in some familar faces as Applewhite played as a 3-4 OLB in Rivera's system in San Diego from 2008-2010.
In 2010 he started thirteen games for the Chargers amassing 48 tackles and 3 sacks from the position. The 25 year old California native is smaller at 6'3", 258 lbs and I believe he could potentially be a rush OLB on 3rd down situations, while also adding some depth on special teams.
One wonders if this move has any effect on the Panthers' chances of making a trade for Seahawks' OLB Aaron Curry. The move to get a player who has experience as a linebacker coupled with the signing of Kion Wilson yesterday (another Chargers' linebacker) could definitely lead us to believe the Panthers eyes are no longer on Curry (if they ever really were). After the jump we have the career stats for Applewhite.
CAREER STATSMORE
Season
Team
Tackles
Interceptions
Fumbles
G
GS
Comb
Total
Ast
Sck
SFTY
PDef
Int
Yds
Avg
Lng
TDs
FF
2010
San Diego Chargers
16
13
48
37
11
3.0
--
2
--
--
0.0
--
--
2
2009
San Diego Chargers
1
0
0
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
2008
San Diego Chargers
14
0
20
16
4
0.5
--
0
--
--
0.0
--
--
0
TOTAL
68
53
15
3.5
0
2
0
0
--
0
0
2
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