
Rookie Diaries
Rookie Diaries, 2026: Lee Hunter
“I was happy as crap when I heard it was Carolina.” Lee Hunter on a wrong phone number, a D-line room full of vets, and the chip he still carries.
The Georgia tackle on the emotions of draft day, the scramble of a shift to right tackle, and what a joint practice against Houston taught him.

“I was happy as crap when I heard it was Carolina.” Lee Hunter on a wrong phone number, a D-line room full of vets, and the chip he still carries.

“It straight came true; it was the craziest thing ever.” Will Lee III on the dream he wrote down in third grade — and the chip he has carried ever since.

“All my past just flashing before my eyes.” Sam Hecht on going from Kansas State walk-on to the Panthers, and finding his footing at center.