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Panthers’ ‘most underrated’ defensive player? He’s winning battles on and off the field

At 6-foot-2 and 310 pounds, Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Kyle Love is one of the largest men on the roster.

But often, he goes unnoticed.

So does the battle he fights daily.

Love was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2013, when he was with the New England Patriots.

He has been managing the disease ever since, with a process that is unique.

Love has to stay at his prodigious size because he makes a living by being a big, space-eating wrecking ball on the interior defensive line.

“I have to eat things that most diabetics shouldn’t eat,” Love said.