The Pig Farmer.....

[AKPantherFan]

I forget his name, but he was a hell of a SOLID backup at DT.

He should be better by now, and has had a lot of time to let his body heal.

I dont know if he is even a thought after being out of football for soo long, but he was the "hangman" of our DL a few years back.

Might be worth checking into?

[CharlotteBeer.com]

Jordan Carstens.

I thought he had some condition--maybe heart--that didn't allow him to play. Can't remember.

[Vagrant]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Carstens

After being out of football for 2 years, i'm not sure how good he would be coming back. Especially since those 2 years weren't healthy years.

[bigskypanthersguy]

Jordan Carstens...haven't hit his wiki in a while.

[zebrainz]

Jordan Carstens was his name. Internal organ dysfunction problem, don't remember the details. I remember thinking the last time I looked it up that it might end his career.

[AKPantherFan]

Carstens!!!

Thats right..

If I remember he had some sort of irregular heartbeat??

It was said to a condition that was going to get better with time?

I know its a 5% deal, but the guy gave 100% when he was on the field, and was a good suprise on the field when he played.

Being we were so shallow at Tackle this season, it could be a CHEAP "tryout"/addition.

[AKPantherFan]

trust me I know its the latest

"resign the panther player of the past" thread.

I just remember the FO speaking as if they still wanted him, and him still wanting to play.

Maybe he is up for it?

[zebrainz]

I remember his agent's statement in the offseason last year saying he hoped to return, but his health currently wouldn't allow him to work out.

Injury was originally listed as a left lung injury. Ouch.

Panthers.com hasn't deleted his bio from their archives FWIW.

http://www.panthers.com/Team/PlayerBio.aspx?id=2470

[Fiz]

my dad still plays golf in charlotte with a guy named wattenburger (big orthopedic surgeon in charlotte for the Panthers) and this actually came up towards the end of last year. Carstens lost a tremendous amount of weight and would need another year to get back in play shape.

that was about four months ago though.

[Proudiddy]

IIRC, Carstens actually started having complications with his kidneys or liver due to a blood clot that Ryan Vermillion had suspected because of symptoms he had. I thought they put him on blood thinners and subsequently he couldn't play for awhile, but I didn't think it was a career ending situation. From the article I remember reading around that time, I thought they were just happy that they found the clot before anything serious happened.

[Mr. Scot]

He's likely upset since PETA declared people of his profession worse than Bin Laden

Someone on here actually was a neighbor of his as I recall (forget who)