CHARLOTTE – For a football fanatic like Luke Kuechly, there's no better present than the one he received on his 24th birthday Monday.
"I was excited to wake up and come in because I got to see everybody again," Kuechly said on the first day of the Panthers' nine-week offseason workout program. "I'm excited to be here."
Kuechly had been a regular around Bank of America Stadium even before Monday, having spent the bulk of his offseason in Charlotte. But on this day he was joined by his teammates that reside elsewhere in the offseason.