Panthers' Bryce Young, Xavier Legette spend offseason weekend riding horses and ripping ATVs
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Bryce Young may be the signal caller, but this weekend he was living in Xavier Legette's world.
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.
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And 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.
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Legette 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


