On his first practices as a Panther: "It's been really good. I'm happy to be back on the field again playing the game I love. Good teammates here – the first day I came in they welcomed me with open arms. They went somewhere last year where I want to be. They still have that momentum and want to get back to the Super Bowl."
On joining the Panthers after playing for Atlanta: "It's crazy. I played against these guys for a couple years. It's a competitive group, and now being here with them, I can see why they were always such a tough team."
On his fast friendship with Star Lotulelei: "It's just a Polynesian thing. I've know Star going back to Utah, and a lot of Utah boys like to stick together. We have a connection, we're always going to click together."
On Carolina having the best DT group in the NFL: "I think we can. We've got some great defensive tackles here. I'm going on Year 10 and I see the way they work. They've been somewhere I'm trying to go, and I just want to do whatever I can to help."
View photos of the faces underneath the helmets during organized team activities and minicamp.
![LB Thomas Davis, Sr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/tve4ydbwikwrasdlgm4t.jpg)
![WRs Devin Funchess, Ted Ginn, Jr. and Kelvin Benjamin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/myxgapfwdnwh18vxj9rb.jpg)
![Kelvin Benjamin, Mike Tolbert, Damiere Byrd and Kevin Norwood](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/texdoe4kmj84heqhgeku.jpg)
![WR Ted Ginn, Jr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/da9upb2co6bvhn4kk0so.jpg)
![LB Luke Kuechly](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/mymvnqgjudht4mb64gys.jpg)
![DE Charles Johnson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ikrxxiyxpw119qsl4bb8.jpg)
![RB Fozzy Whittaker and TE Marcus Lucas](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/rg19mbmzterybsrf9zkx.jpg)
![DT Star Lotulelei](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/zchvnwsrl67fihhnjyef.jpg)
![K Graham Gano](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/f9ynpjrheisvmfxo0t7e.jpg)
![QB Cam Newton and WR Kelvin Benjamin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/dlkkpvj5vxhvrmbecjgz.jpg)
![S Marcus Ball](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/q9fx6duerspoxpc2xo4w.jpg)
![DE Mario Addison](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/wjguszliwqhxs6p4ckk8.jpg)
![DT Vernon Butler](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/xfubrbqzvhbs3wphfiwk.jpg)
![WR Kelvin Benjamin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/g1zwwqid4cekqr9upndx.jpg)
![Devin Funchess, Jonathan Stewart, Ted Ginn, Jr. and Kelvin Benjamin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/khq1gqp6bw3z6q5h3qkb.jpg)
![WR Kelvin Benjamin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/fy1aqvdnlq1qanwp5ps0.jpg)
![S Tre Boston](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/r1bxuvqomzzluie5tusb.jpg)
![WR Damiere Byrd](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/zrlu21614vbgm4e8d0rw.jpg)
![DE Mario Addison and FB Mike Tolbert](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/eaqiv7bhpthviwi0ittk.jpg)
![TE Scott Simonson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/pmunbvf6bkbuhtfhnryx.jpg)
![CB Robert McClain](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/i1rcz1chc8xpf9gdqtkf.jpg)
![RBs Cameron Artis-Payne and Brandon Wegher](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/im10gdpg5bmxc1r9dunk.jpg)
![WR Kelvin Benjamin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/js3jorb1mte7gojt7om6.jpg)
![RB Fozzy Whittaker](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/bmkdsvkdl4bj43e27cvp.jpg)
![DT Paul Soliai](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/xc2sdi7rgexvdglxsdjv.jpg)
![QBs Joe Webb and Cam Newton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/kqiho2didgaktqh7hcxh.jpg)
![S Kurt Coleman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/t7vnvrpbvcuroy1pmyrg.jpg)
![TE Braxton Deaver](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/f0kvlon7xt4darmd4dap.jpg)
![DT Star Lotulelei](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ehu98k1enobk4z48myae.jpg)
![WR Keyarris Garrett](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/xguqiruqnicfbhejvthx.jpg)
![G Chris Scott](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/db8sr2usd9zi4nyptx1c.jpg)
![CB Teddy Williams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/lb3hihlw91rdye5hpbwn.jpg)
![DT Kawann Short](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/lyr8q1rcpzbmqp3i2yf5.jpg)
![QB Derek Anderson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/orpdmlu98d2jdnxfzuwi.jpg)
![DE Kony Ealy](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/zlz4jqlsp8hr76nzawxy.jpg)
![RB Fozzy Whittaker](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ucfdvximihn05vay1r69.jpg)
![WR Stephen Hill](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/mv6cvpiyyrkisviedx5c.jpg)
![DE Ryan Delaire](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/i491oihro85dmicgpzme.jpg)
![WR Kelvin Benjamin, WR Devin Funchess and LB Luke Kuechly](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/zho9caakqjjcczvjbtdo.jpg)
![WR Cobi Hamilton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/papa8ngsm7ebze7t2txw.jpg)
![LB Thomas Davis, Sr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/gkphzcengfrqehe1p8r4.jpg)
![DE Ryan Deliare](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/iaigdhl6eocajbrnd8hv.jpg)
![QB Joe Webb](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/nnv2sofpgenf7mwoqjnh.jpg)
![No Title](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/t8nghxclyf6rczvtv3jr.jpg)
![No Title](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/yseoqqmcnckb6cdj57aa.jpg)
![QB Joe Webb](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/yb1e8uulx4npo97twbva.jpg)
![Head Coach Ron Rivera](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/peol55aafsdkfnfrkx5f.jpg)
![G Trai Turner](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/vof0ngcskxgdtqlj1tov.jpg)
![QB Joe Webb, WR Stephen Hill and RB Fozzy Whittaker](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ixygcucbgvgykocpjbrs.jpg)
![QB Joe Webb, RB Jonathan Stewart and WR Kelvin Benjamin](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ebovxywik2oyyfyaa3yt.jpg)
![RB Jonathan Stewart and Asst. Defensive Line Coach Sam Mills, III](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/luda6hjldyfeqafgkvuw.jpg)
![DE Chas Alecxih and DT Eric Crume](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/nony9bmh5jxnwbgfcz77.jpg)
![LBs Luke Kuechly, Shaq Thompson and Thomas Davis, Sr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/rwi95uj05kefbstwo3se.jpg)
![QBs Joe Webb and Cam Newton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/osagvyw9g3w09xganqgi.jpg)
![WR Philly Brown](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/wyawezixhcduathe1qog.jpg)
![TE Greg Olsen](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/gqookcubr6asqh5rmpmh.jpg)
![LB Luke Kuechly](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ii3sjdz1kypgyqlpwmfz.jpg)
![LB Ben Jacobs, TE Ed Dickson, LB David Mayo and QB Joe Webb](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/gkjhzwnda0sdmmzw0mhv.jpg)
![RB Fozzy Whittaker, RB Jonathan Stewart and WR Ted Ginn, Jr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/pbmd0fo2twxfjbw4d2pg.jpg)
![Head Coach Ron Rivera](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/seoajv2hoftqibqkgq4h.jpg)