The Carolina Panthers teammates enjoyed a little offseason bonding while riding horses and four-wheelers out in the country.Rookie wide receiver Chris Brazzell tagged along, too.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICKAnd it looked like a dang good time.Xavier Legette and Bryce Young of the Carolina Panthers warm up before a preseason game against the New York Jets at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., on Aug.
17, 2024.(Kara Durrette/Getty Images)In videos circulating on social media, Young and Legette can be seen riding horses near an open field before hopping on ATVs and cruising around the countryside.For anyone familiar with Legette, none of this should come as a surprise.The South Carolina native has become one of the Panthers' most popular players — not just because of his play on the field, but because of his unapologetically country lifestyle off the field.
This is the same guy who brings home-cooked raccoon in a lunch box to work.PANTHERS STAR XAVIER LEGETTE SHOWS TRUE GRIT HELPING WITH FRIEND'S ATV STUCK IN MUDDY WATERLegette owns more than a dozen horses and even rode one of his horses, "Dolla Bill," to a Panthers game last season.The wide out's love of horses goes far beyond a hobby, too.While attending the Kentucky Derby last year, Legette revealed that he eventually hopes to have a horse competing in the sport's biggest race."I see it as, like, kind of a big investment," Legette said of his stable."And one day I want to get into the derby."Xavier Legette of the Carolina Panthers reacts before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa., on Dec.
8, 2024.The Eagles defeated the Panthers 22-16.
(Kara Durrette/Getty Images)As for Young, the Panthers’ offense could use every bit of chemistry they can get heading into the 2026 season.Carolina captured the NFC South title in 2025, though that’s not exactly saying much.The division was by far the weakest in football, and the Panthers won it with a...