Panthers Roster Trivia - Quiz #1 (ANSWERS NOW POSTED)

[KB_fan]

Being the stats geek that I am, I've been doing some work to create a customized version of the current Panthers Roster, compiling some statistics from various websites to create a more in-depth picture of the roster.  I'll share it soon, and I will also continue the series on comparing the Panthers' rosters over time... 

In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to post a series of roster trivia questions.   No prize for winning, but hopefully there will be lots of pie and Huddle infamy.  Each quiz will be open for about 24 hours.  These questions are based on the current roster (8/16/2015) posted at Panthers.com which has 92 players (90 active/pup, 2 on IR).

OK, ready, let's play:

 

• 1)  Give your best estimate as to how many players on the current (92 player) roster have been with the Panthers for their entire career, including 2015 rookies.

• 2)  How many players drafted by the Panthers are on the roster?

• 3)  How many 1st round draft picks are on the roster (drafted by Panthers or any team)?  Can you name them?

 

OK, that's it for this round.  More questions tomorrow!

[Ornias]

I am not nearly drunk enough for this.

[motocross_cat]

 

This is a good idea but maybe have less questions per round?  Not everyone has time to go through all that.  Or im just lazy idk..

[t96]

Are we supposed to do this by memory or to look it up? I don't feel like looking up specifics but if you want me to just take my best guess I'd go ahead. I'm sure somebody (or you) will post all the exact answers in the next day or so and the guesses won't matter, but whatever. Interesting idea while we all await some real Panthers football.

[panthers34]

1. 59 (Complete guess)

2. 37 (complete guess)

3. 10 ( this one I actually tried to count) 

[carpanfan96]

50

37

9

[Cookie Lyon]

This is more like a final exam instead of a quiz. LOL!

[KB_fan]

I'll give pie to everyone who guesses!

And, no stress.  This was just meant to be fun, take your best guess.  No need to research.  I'll post the answers around 7 p.m. Eastern.

[L-TownCat]

Entire Career:  40

Drafted: 30

1st Rd: 10

 

[Captain Obvious]

entire career  31

drafted  28

1st   13

[imminent rogaine]

36

27

8

[KB_fan]

We have TWO winners already for question 3, so I will reveal that answer here:

3)  How many 1st round draft picks are on the roster (drafted by Panthers or any team)?  Can you name them?

@panthers34 was first with the right answer and @L-TownCat

is also correct.  We currently have 10 1st round draft picks on our roster.  7 of those are Panthers draftees, 3 were acquired by trade or as free agents.  We have added 2 1st round picks in the offseason:

Benjamin, Kelvin	2014	#28
Davis, Thomas	2005	#14
Ginn, Ted	2007	#9
Kuechly, Luke	2012	#9
Lotulelei, Star	2013	#14
Newton, Cam	2011	# 1
Oher, Michael	2009	#23
Olsen, Greg	2007	#31
Stewart, Jonathan	2008	#13
Thompson, Shaq	2015	#25

 

I would have been incorrect in answering this myself if not for the research I had done.  I did not know that Ginn was a 1st round pick.  I had remembered reading that Oher was a 1st round pick, so that was not a surprise.

Please give lots of PIE to @Panthers34

and runner up @L-townCat

for the correct answer to Q. 3

I'll reveal the answers to Q1 & Q2 in a few hours.  The guesses are not too bad, but no winner yet.

[KB_fan]

Ok, even though there are no new guesses, I'll post the answers to questions 1 and 2 now.  I hope even if there aren't too many folks guessing that the questions & answers are still interesting?  I'll try another set of questions in a little while.  Feel free to suggest questions you have about the roster - i.e. facts / data that would interest you.  I'll try to answer any I can using the database I'm working on.

So:  Q. 1: Give your best estimate as to how many players on the current (92 player) roster have been with the Panthers for their entire career, including 2015 rookies.

ANSWER:  (as of last night before releasing Childers & signing Wile) -

the total is 44, (of whom 14 are rookies from the 2015 Draft / UDFAs.)

So nearly half of our current roster are "Panthers born & bred".  I'd be interested to know how that compares with other teams.  We seem to do less free agent wheeling and dealing and trading than some teams, and loyalty to the organization seems quite high.  If I can do some comparative research between Panthers & other teams at some point, I will.  But probably it would be better to wait for the 53 man roster to be set first.

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Our Winner:  @L-TownCat who had a really good and close guess of 40.  Well done.

[OceanPanther]

Well,,  I'll  "guess"  44 as of last night before  Childers and Wile signings,, ( who are Childers and Wili (  and It's  past 5  here on the coast..  I got the answers in a dream from the one and only,,  Jimmy Buffet..  he said,,     44 ,,   

5  O'clock somewhere..   that's got to be the answer to   Question  4