most sacks in a season by a carolina panthers rookie

Julius Peppers has the most sacks by a rookie for the Panthers, with 12 sacks in 2002.

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most defensive sacks in a season by a carolina panthers rookie

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Julius Peppers J. Peppers	12.0	2002	CAR	12	29	7	36	78	1	21	0	5	0	0
2	Brian Burns B. Burns	7.5	2019	CAR	16	19	6	25	34	0	0	0	1	1	1
3	Nic Scourton N. Scourton	5.0	2025	CAR	17	20	27	47	31.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	Kony Ealy K. Ealy	4.0	2014	CAR	15	8	4	12	33	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	Thomas Keiser T. Keiser	4.0	2011	CAR	8	12	1	13	25	1	9	0	0	0	0
6	Mike Minter M. Minter	3.5	1997	CAR	16					0	0	0		2	0
7	Star Lotulelei S. Lotulelei	3.0	2013	CAR	16	31	11	42	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Greg Hardy G. Hardy	3.0	2010	CAR	15	24	6	30	14	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	Mike Rucker M. Rucker	3.0	1999	CAR	16					0	0	0		0	0
10	Yetur Gross-Matos Y. Gross-Matos	2.5	2020	CAR	12	9	15	24	7.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Ryan Delaire R. Delaire	2.5	2015	CAR	9	7	1	8	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Frank Alexander F. Alexander	2.5	2012	CAR	16	10	8	18	20.5	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Everette Brown E. Brown	2.5	2009	CAR	15	15	7	22	15	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	Amare Barno A. Barno	2.0	2022	CAR	9	8	1	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Derrick Brown D. Brown	2.0	2020	CAR	16	20	12	32	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Christian Miller C. Miller	2.0	2019	CAR	7	2	1	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Efe Obada E. Obada	2.0	2018	CAR	10	6	2	8	18	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	Wes Horton W. Horton	2.0	2013	CAR	10	6	2	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	A.J. Klein	2.0	2013	CAR	16	18	3	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	James Anderson J. Anderson	2.0	2006	CAR	16	18	3	21	7	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	Kris Jenkins K. Jenkins	2.0	2001	CAR	16	27	7	34	8	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Shawn King S. King	2.0	1995	CAR	14					0	0	0		0	0
23	Tyrone Poole T. Poole	2.0	1995	CAR	16					2	8	0		0	0
24	Princely Umanmielen P. Umanmielen	1.5	2025	CAR	16	13	11	24	12.5	0	0	0	1	1	0
25	Jacoby Windmon J. Windmon	1.5	2024	CAR	8	13	9	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
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Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
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Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
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Chiefs	0	0	0
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