The journey from being just a guy at South Carolina to becoming a first round pick.
Xavier Legette and the Carolina Panthers have been tied together since the early part of the draft process.
Once Canales was able to speak freely about his admiration for the freakishly athletic wide receiver, he didn’t hold back. “First of all, just the athletic traits. Just like height, weight, speed. 6'1,221, 4.39, really balanced hands. That's a pretty good start. Then you look at the versatile ways that the Gamecocks were able to use him out of the backfield, jet sweeps, short crossers, and perimeter screens, down the field post. There really isn't much else we do with receivers.
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