Found May 19, 2011 on Inside The Panthers:
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Jason Baker was assigned the No. 7 when he was traded from Denver to the Panthers in 2005. The number has no special meaning to the Panthers' punter, but he intends to keep it. It's not a big deal to Baker – and he hopes the team's quarterbacks feel the same way. There was a little subplot that developed a few weeks ago after the Panthers selected former Auburn QB Cam Newton with the first overall pick. Newton said hoped to keep the No. 2 he wore at Auburn, which currently belongs to Panthers second-year QB Jimmy Clausen. Clausen said No. 2 was his “right now,” and smiled when asked if he had set an asking price for it. “We'll see what happens,” Clausen said. Newton told WFNZ recently that the number was meaningful to him because he is the second of three sons. When Clausen was drafted in the second round last year, he wanted to keep No. 7, which he wore at Notre Dame. Baker wasn't interested in giving up No. 7 – then or now. “I have no intent to change jerseys a...
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