Panthers Draft History Review - The First Bust

Collins showed much potential until Bill broke his jaw…that hit was nasty I was sitting about 10 rows off the field right behind the Panthers bench. Collins was in lala land when he came off the field, and was never the same as a Panther, took him years to get over his pocket firght.

our defense (at the time, Capers’s 3-4 zone blitz scheme was new to the league) was simply NASTY that year, and we had a pretty good running game/great special teams. Of course, one year later and most of the league had figured out our defense lol

Biakabatuka, Bust

Collins, semi-bust

someone with more of an impact than Gilbert; We could’ve had Mcnabb in 1999 I believe if we had still owned that pick…

But you beat me too it. Biggest draft “Bust” we ever made, until trading away picks for Everette Brown. I can’t believe the Panthers never learned from that.

That was the first name in my mind…even before Biakabatuka. What a wasted pick. Both were equally bad in my book though.

but we will get to that eventually

Maybe we should just say any USC receiver?

Goes to Carruth

Anderson was the biggest bust we’ve ever had. It isn’t even close

What a waste. I’ve seen pop warner running backs who were better than he was at hitting the hole.

To me, any player who doesn’t live up to potential is a bust, whether it’s because of on-field or off-field reasons. The only time I feel that the bust label doesn’t necessarily apply is if the player suffered a major injury, like Ki-Jana Carter. I mean, it’s not necessarily his fault he blew his knee out in the first pre-season game of his career.

But Rae Rae did himself in, and to me he is the biggest bust in franchise history.

I mean…if you’re a first round pick, you’re supposed to be good.

Here are the number of players who were Panthers at one point in time in their career from the 1995 draft:

- Kerry Collins (1st round)
- Mark Fields (1st round)
- Tyrone Poole (1st round)
- Blake Brockermeyer (1st round)
- Shawn King (2nd round)
-Christian Fauria (2nd round)
- Todd Sauerbrun (2nd round)
- Melvin Tuten (3rd round)
- Jason Kyle (4th round)
- Frank Garcia (4th round)
- Andrew Peterson (5th round)
- Jerry Colquitt (6th round)
- Chad Cota (7th round)
- Michael Reed (7th round)

14 Carolina Panthers from one draft

Damn…I knew he was good, but didn’t realize he got accolades for it lol We seem to have established a fairly good tradition of having solid Safeties

averaging some 1.2 sacks a season and less than 10 tackles while racking up numerous suspensions puts him at the top of the list for the class of 95 bust. That and he was drafted very high in the second round.

taking Boselli with the 2nd pick; oh well, at least we traded down from #1 (Poor Cincy…taking Ki-Jana #1 only to see him barely play because of injuries)