SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Free safety Tre Boston suggested on Thursday it was the change in ownership from Jerry Richardson to David Tepper that allowed him to rejoin the Carolina Panthers after being cut following the 2016 season.
"We all kind of know,'' Boston said. "I'm back, so I'm under new management now. I'm happy.''
Boston was outspoken on social injustice following the 2016 shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott by a Charlotte, North Carolina, police officer. He considered joining then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid in kneeling during the national anthem.