Sam Mills

Julius Peppers headlines Pro Football Hall of Fame class

February 9, 2024 Shawn Krest

Former Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers was selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and will be inducted in Canton, Ohio, in August as part of the Class of 2024. Peppers, who was […]

Keep pounding: Sam Mills inducted into Hall of Fame

August 11, 2022 The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Perhaps the late Sam Mills would have been a blue-chip college recruit and high NFL Draft pick had someone invented — as the 5-foot-9 linebacker memorably suggested — “a computer to measure […]

Muggsy Bogues ‘leaned toward strengths’ in unlikely basketball career

April 27, 2022 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — Muggsy Bogues couldn’t help but chuckle when he heard fellow inductee Sam Mills described as a “diminutive 5-foot-9 linebacker” during a ceremony introducing the newest members of the North Carolina Sports Hall of […]

Panthers great Sam Mills posthumously voted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

February 10, 2022 The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The long wait to be voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame is finally over for several deserving candidates. In a year with no sure-fire first-ballot candidates, the panel of voters […]

Football stars Holt, Mills highlight 2022 NC Sports Hall of Fame Class

January 19, 2022 Brett Friedlander

Torry Holt and Sam Mills are finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and will find out next month if they’ll be included as part of the shrine’s Class of 2022. Regardless of what […]

Who’s next: Looking at candidates for the Panthers Hall of Honor

October 9, 2019 Shawn Krest

CHARLOTTE — In their 25th year of existence, the Panthers significantly increased the population of the Hall, which previously had housed just one player — linebacker Sam Mills, the heart and soul of the early […]