Ep 66 - Prepare to Succeed with Luke Kuechly

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

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5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Luke Kuechly played 8 seasons with the Carolina Panthers from 2012 to 2019. He earned First-Team All-Pro Honors 5 times, made it to a Super Bowl in 2015 and was one of the smartest and toughest guys to play in the NFL. His early retirement was a surprise to many, and on the show today, Luke and Eric get into Luke's decision to step away, also:

Why Luke decided to go to Boston College (6:20)

Luke's transition into and out of the NFL (9:20)

Sean McDermott as DC in Carolina (13:40)

How Luke prepares and study's game film (16:30)

Super Bowl loss to Denver, Superstitions and Traditions (21:00)

Why he decided to retire (31:00)

Toughest people/teams to prepare for (39:00)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What I always tell young guys is come in, work hard, and if you play well, guys will like you.
0:12.6	No doubt.
0:13.6	Just come in, work hard, do your job, and you know how it is.
0:16.1	The guys that talk too much, like, man, just stop.
0:18.8	Like, right.
0:20.7	If you're a good player, that's all that matters.
0:22.6	Just play well and be a good dude and everything else to take care of itself.
0:28.1	Welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood. Our next guest is a Cincinnati boy
0:33.3	just like myself, and he was the number nine overall draft pick in the 2012 NFL draft.
0:38.9	He was the best linebacker that I ever faced in my career and that's Luke Keeckley.
0:44.2	Luke played eight seasons in the NFL all with the Carolina Panthers and made the pro
0:49.0	seven times and was all pro seven times. He was the defensive rookie of the year in his first year in the NFL, and his
0:55.9	second year was the NFL defensive MVP. He was the best inside linebacker in the game, but retired
1:02.2	after only eight seasons. We will get into the reasons behind his retirement in this podcast.
1:08.1	Luke hasn't done much media work since retiring and taking a job in the scouting
1:11.6	department with the Panthers, so I hope everyone enjoys one of the best to ever play in the
1:16.5	NFL open up on this podcast. We will discuss how he was able to transition so well into the NFL,
1:23.5	who was the toughest team to prepare for personally for him. Here's some locker room stories and much more.
1:30.6	Please take time to rate, review, and especially subscribe to this podcast so that every new
1:35.8	episode will get pushed to your phone automatically each week and you will help spread the
1:40.1	impact that I hope to make through this podcast.
1:42.8	Enjoy.
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