CHARLOTTE — Every rookie class hopes to the one to change a franchise. Every class arrives in the spring with hope, and dreams, and goals for themselves individually and as a collective group. And every class, at some point, realizes they are on a different playing field. It's at that point they choose whether or not to rise to the occasion.

Through the offseason and now the first quarter of the 2025 season, the Carolina Panthers 2025 rookie class has answered the call. All seven draft picks, plus multiple undrafted free agents ( Corey Thornton , Ryan Fitzgerald , Bam Martin-Scott , and Trevian Thomas ) , have played in and contributed to games (and wins) in major ways already.

From leading receivers to the season's first sack, big tacklers to huge fourth-down conversions, and mo

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