SPARTANBURG
By the time the Carolina Panthers faced the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50, Kelvin Benjamin had been running on his surgically repaired ACL for more than a month.
The rehab was going well, and though the 2015 season for him was lost, he’d be ready to go by training camp.
But standing on the sideline at Levi’s Stadium, Benjamin did not want to wait until Spartanburg.
“The whole time I was thinking like dang I wish I could run one route or go catch one pass,” Benjamin said Friday. “But that wasn’t reality.