Carolina Panthers wide receiver Xavier Legette brought a unique post-Christmas treat to the locker room. The rookie catcher treated reporters to a special kind of meat.
Raccoon meat was the surprise on the menu Thursday, courtesy of the rookie. Legette revealed his Christmas present during the journalists’ session in the locker room.
“I ate ‘coon, I brought some with me today too,” Legette said.
Legette brought it in a container. The journalists saw how he shredded the meat. A Panthers reporter bravely tried the meat dish brought by Legette. Sheena Quick described the raccoon meat as “spicy and well-seasoned.”
Another reporter explained that Legette’s special dish is common where it originated. Darin Gantt of panthers.com claims raccoon meat is common on a certain day in the rural south.
“Many journalists seemed shocked by the container of raccoon meat that Xavier Legette took out of his locker. But here at panthers.com, where the writers come from Suburban Hickory and Suburban Mobile, Alabama, it wasn’t as new. We are calling this Thursday,” Gantt posted.
Does Xavier Legette hunt raccoons?
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Legette himself is from the South. He grew up in Mullins, South Carolina and stayed within the state’s borders for his college football, playing for the Gamecocks from 2019-2023.
Does that mean he’s a hunter? Which explains how he manages to obtain raccoon meat?
Legette revealed his unique hunting target. He told the St. Brown podcast featuring NFL brothers Amon-Ra and Equanimeous St. Brown. that he is a raccoon eater. And instead of turkey, he replaced it with another meat idea.
“I’m chasing him. Kill him. I skin them. Cook them. Eat them. All that,” Legette said.
Legette has done his part in feasting on defensive backs this season in his NFL debut. He caught 41 passes on 70 targets. Legette rushed for 439 yards and scored four touchdowns. He leads all Panthers players in receptions. Legette is second to Adam Theilen in receiving yardage.
Legette and the Panthers are 8.5-point underdogs against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. However, Carolina scored 36 points in its thrilling overtime win over the Arizona Cardinals this past Sunday, disrupting the Cards’ playoff hopes. Legette and the Panthers can hurt another team’s playoff chase this week. Only this time against a Bucs team fresh off a disappointing road loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
