CHARLOTTE, N.C. – With Miss North Carolina to his right and representatives from almost every branch of the military flanked around him Luke Kuechly was ready to take questions.
The crowd gathered to dedicate the USO of North Carolina’s new technology center at Charlotte Douglas International Airport could have asked the Carolina Panthers middle linebacker anything.
What was it like playing in the Super Bowl?
What’s your most memorable play?
What’s it like playing with Cam Newton?
Who’s your girlfriend?
Instead, the first question was about the surgery Kuechly underwent in February to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.