Kelvin Benjamin Must Live Up to 1st-Round Pick for Panthers to Make Playoffs

May 24, 2014   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

To say free agency was not kind to the Carolina Panthers receiving corps would be an understatement.
Now, as the Panthers prepare to defend their NFC South title, there's going to be a ton of pressure on the team's first-round pick in 2014 to grow up in a hurry.
As in, like right now.
After watching nearly the entire receiving group depart the team in free agency (including longtime leader Steve Smith), and without making an impact move of their own to address it, wide receiver was without question a primary focus for the Panthers in the draft.
It came as little surprise then when the team selected Florida State's Kelvin Benjamin at No. 28, and so far at least, things are going to plan.
That is, if you ask Carolina receivers coach Ricky Proehl:
As David Newton of ESPN reports, Benjamin was the star of the team's recent rookie camp. After a particularly impressive leaping catch over two defenders, Proehl waxed poetic about the youngster's NFL potential:

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