season opener Custom Donte Jackson Jersey , let’s check in with No. 32, safety Cole Luke." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesCat Scratch Reader homepageHorizontal - WhiteCat Scratch Readera Carolina Panthers communityFollow Cat Scratch Reader online:Follow Cat Scratch Reader on TwitterFollow Cat Scratch Reader on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchCat Scratch Reader main menuFanpostsFanshotsSectionsAboutPanthersOddsShopStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Keep Sounding PodcastPanthers 2019 Training CampCSR Film RoomPanthers 2019 season opener countdown: 32 days to goNew,7commentsWith 32 days left until the Panthers season opener, let’s check in with No. 32, safety Cole Luke. EDTThe No. 32 is currently worn by Carolina Panthers safety Cole Luke. Here’s a look at his potential contribution in Carolina for the 2019 season.Cole Luke, SafetyBioHeight: 5’11”Weight: 200 lbsAge: 24 yearsCollege: Notre DameExperience: 2 yearsLet’s address the elephant in the room first: Can we please officially nickname him Cole “Hand” Luke? For those of you who are too young to remember a time when movies were more than just sequels and superhero flicks Donte Jackson Jersey Discount , in 1967 a young Paul Newman was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award in the classic film Cool Hand Luke. The nickname just makes way too much sense. And if Luke ever blows a coverage we can lament the familiar refrain, “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” From a football standpoint, Luke was signed by the Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2017. His rookie campaign was derailed though after a season-ending ankle injury landed him on the injured reserve list prior to the start of the regular season. He was brought back to Carolina in 2018 and spent the entire year on the practice squad. After two seasons in the league he has yet to appear in a regular season game. The upcoming season will be Luke’s third in the Panthers defensive system so he should hit the ground running. He has gone through a position change moving from nickle corner to safety, but his new position likely offers him the best chance to make the 53-man roster. Let’s hope in the upcoming season Cole “Hand” Luke channels his inner Paul Newman and makes an impact on his team. If he does, I’ll be the first to say, “That’s my darling Luke. He grins like a baby Donte Jackson Jersey Super Bowl , but he bites like a gator.” CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)Christian McCaffrey will have an even bigger role in the Panthers‘ offense this season.McCaffrey, the team’s first-round draft pick in 2017, carried the ball 117 times for 435 yards and established a franchise rookie record with 80 receptions. He finished the season with seven touchdowns.While McCaffrey led the Panthers in receptions, he’ll be counted on to carry the ball more after the team parted ways with its all-time leading rusher Jonathan Stewart. Panthers two-time NFL Coach of the Year Ron Rivera believes McCaffrey is up to the task, saying he can be a running back who carries the ball 200 times this season.McCaffrey’s durability has been questioned at times because his body build is more akin to a scat back than a power back.He averaged just 3.7 yards per carry in 2017.”Yeah Donte Jackson Jersey For Sale , why not?” Rivera said of the prospect of a 200-carry season. ”Everybody forgets that when he was (at Stanford) he carried the ball between the tackles more than anybody and touched the ball more than anybody. I don’t see why not.”McCaffrey is all for it.”Obviously anybody on the team wants the ball as much as possible,” McCaffrey said. ”That is football. You should want to compete. But we are here to win football games, so whatever that means and whatever that takes we’re going to do.”McCaffrey, the son of three-time Super Bowl champion wide receiver Ed McCaffrey, likes what he’s seen so far from new offensive coordinator Norv Turner, who has taken over for Mike Shula.He feels ”a lot more comfortable” in his second year with the Panthers Donte Jackson Jersey On Sale , even though he’s learning a new offensive scheme. But he wouldn’t discuss what will be different about his workload this year or in what different ways he will be used under Turner for competitive reasons.”However they want to use me, that is where I will be,” McCaffrey said. ”I think we have a lot of great talent and a lot of different weapons.”He won’t be carrying the entire load in the backfield, of course.The Panthers added depth at running back signing 2017 1,000-yard rusher C.J. Anderson, who played in Denver and helped the Broncos beat Carolina in the Super Bowl in 2015. Carolina is also expecting some added help from Cameron Artis-Payne and Kenjon Barner.And don’t forget Donte Jackson Jersey Sale , it was quarterback Cam Newton who led the team with 754 yards rushing and six touchdowns last season.The 21-year-old McCaffrey enters the season with a new perspective after a ”traumatic experience” earlier this summer.McCaffrey, his brothers and some friends were in Colorado when they saw an elderly man fall off a cliff while hiking with his 13-year-old grandson. McCaffrey called 911 and one of his friends administered chest compressions.McCaffrey said paramedics arrived at the scene in about 11 minutes. The 72-year-old Dan Smoker Sr. survived the fall and McCaffrey has developed a friendship with him and his family. He even plans to invite the Smokers to a Panthers home game this season.”When you see something like that, you have a better appreciation for life and take every moment in,” McCaffrey said. ”We had a decompression moment after that. You look at life and realize it can be gone in any split second.”—