Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame)
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Never in Carolina history has there been a player with the combination of breathtaking hype and incredible failure like Jimmy Clausen. The most over-recruited player in NCAA history to date, Clausen’s lackluster career at Notre Dame led him to fall to the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
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The Panthers decided to throw him to the proverbial wolves in his rookie year, and Clausen got eaten alive. He threw three touchdowns and nine interceptions in 10 games as a starter. He had a huge hand in the Panthers finishing with a 2-14 record. Carolina saw enough of him in that one year to decide to draft his replacement, Cam Newton, so at least there was an upside after Clausen’s disastrous season.
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