2017 Carolina Panthers Statistics
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Wild Card
Coach: Ron Rivera (11-5)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
2017 Carolina Panthers Results
The Carolina Panthers of the National Football League ended the 2017 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference.
Carolina scored 363 points, while the defense conceded 327. Cam Newton triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,302 yards. Christian McCaffrey paced the receiving corps, snagging 80 passes, while Devin Funchess accumulated 840 receiving yards.
Cam Newton carried the ball for a team-best 754 yards for the Panthers, while Jonathan Stewart additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Luke Kuechly picked off 3 opponent throws. Julius Peppers and Mario Addison each topped the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 50 sacks.
Ron Rivera coached the team. The 2017 Carolina Panthers lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 492 | 291 | 59.1 | 3302 | 6.7 | 22 | 4.5 | 16 | 3.3 | 64 | 35 | 242 | 80.7 |
| Derek Anderson | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 17 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Michael Palardy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 501 | 293 | 58.5 | 3319 | 6.6 | 22 | 4.4 | 16 | 3.2 | 64 | 35 | 242 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 139 | 754 | 5.4 | 69 | 6 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 198 | 680 | 3.4 | 60 | 6 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 117 | 435 | 3.7 | 40 | 2 |
| Cameron Artis-Payne | 18 | 95 | 5.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Curtis Samuel | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Kaelin Clay | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Russell Shepard | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Damiere Byrd | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Derek Anderson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 490 | 2102 | 4.3 | 69 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey | 80 | 651 | 8.1 | 37 | 5 |
| Devin Funchess | 63 | 840 | 13.3 | 44 | 8 |
| Kelvin Benjamin | 32 | 475 | 14.8 | 43 | 2 |
| Ed Dickson | 30 | 437 | 14.6 | 64 | 1 |
| Russell Shepard | 17 | 202 | 11.9 | 40 | 1 |
| Greg Olsen | 17 | 191 | 11.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Curtis Samuel | 15 | 115 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Damiere Byrd | 10 | 105 | 10.5 | 31 | 2 |
| Brenton Bersin | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Kaelin Clay | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 28 | 1 |
| Chris Manhertz | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Cameron Artis-Payne | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 293 | 3319 | 11.3 | 64 | 22 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Palardy | 71 | 3268 | 46.0 | 63 |
| Totals | 71 | 3268 | 46.0 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey | 22 | 162 | 7.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Kaelin Clay | 17 | 147 | 8.6 | 60 | 1 |
| Damiere Byrd | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Totals | 40 | 318 | 8.0 | 60 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damiere Byrd | 7 | 229 | 32.7 | 103 | 1 |
| Curtis Samuel | 10 | 221 | 22.1 | 33 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Russell Shepard | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Kaelin Clay | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bryan Cox | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| David Mayo | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 758 | 22.3 | 103 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Kuechly | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Adams | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 40 | 0 |
| James Bradberry | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Daryl Worley | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Jones | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 40 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Peppers | 11.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mario Addison | 11.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kawann Short | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
| Wes Horton | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Kyle Love | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Thomas Davis | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Shaq Thompson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Star Lotulelei | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Luke Kuechly | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Daryl Worley | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| James Bradberry | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | PD | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Kuechly | 99.5 | 74 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 1 | |
| James Bradberry | 75.5 | 66 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thomas Davis | 64 | 52 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Coleman | 63.5 | 51 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Worley | 56 | 49 | 14 | 8 | ||||||
| Mike Adams | 58.5 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shaq Thompson | 47 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kawann Short | 38 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mario Addison | 35.5 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 26.5 | 24 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Julius Peppers | 27 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kevon Seymour | 17.5 | 16 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Colin Jones | 16.5 | 13 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| Wes Horton | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kyle Love | 12.5 | 9 | 7 | |||||||
| Jairus Byrd | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
| Vernon Butler | 10.5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| David Mayo | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| Star Lotulelei | 15.5 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Johnson | 10 | 4 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
| Bryan Cox | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Demetrious Cox | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| Cam Newton | 9 | 3 | -17 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Cameron Artis-Payne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jonathan Stewart | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Kaelin Clay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Damiere Byrd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Matt Kalil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Christian McCaffrey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Michael Palardy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Russell Shepard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 715 | 566 | 298 | 0 | 57 | 19 | 24 | 47 | 1 | 15 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Graham Gano | 0 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 121 | |||||||||
| Devin Funchess | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Christian McCaffrey | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Jonathan Stewart | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Cam Newton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | ||||||
| Damiere Byrd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Kelvin Benjamin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Kaelin Clay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ed Dickson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Russell Shepard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Luke Kuechly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Fozzy Whittaker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Greg Olsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Cameron Artis-Payne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 363 |
