CHARLOTTE – Defensive tackles Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short were linked from the moment they arrived in Charlotte after being selected with Carolina’s first two picks in the 2013 NFL Draft.
But they both knew the 2017 season would likely be their last together.
“It was tough knowing that it was probably going to come to an end,” Short said Wednesday. “We were connected. First round, second round. Numbers 98 and 99. It came with the territory. But we never got tired of it.
“We embraced it and we tried to be the best defensive tackles to come through here, to be that one-two punch.