Panthers Rookie RB Chuba Hubbard: 'I'm Here to Win a Championship' New Carolina running back Chuba Hubbard has big things on his mind...helping bring a Super Bowl home to the Queen City. Author: May 11, 2021 In the 4th round of the 2021 NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers selected one of the best offensive playmakers in Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard. A nagging ankle injury and a controversial off-the-field disagreement between Hubbard and his head coach, Mike Gundy, could have been the main factors of him sliding to day three of the draft. "Like I said, 2020 was just a year of growth for me," Hubbard said. "A lot of learning lessons, trying to become a better person, trying to do the right thing. And you know being on the outside looking in and seeing that whole situation that happened, a lot of people can twist it and make it seem like something that it’s not when in reality that whole situation that went down there I really felt made me a better person, made Coach Gundy a better person and also made the program a better place. Like I said, I'm always trying to just become a better person, always trying to do the right thing so that was really the case there."