The Carolina Panthers finished training camp on Monday morning at Wofford College, and it would have been easy for everyone to sprint off the field and head home after three weeks in the dorms.
But several players stayed after to sign autographs and speak to the media. And while receiver Torrey Smith was greeting the crowd, he heard a group of young men yelling his name.
They were a part of the AMIkids White Pines organization, a youth rehabilitation program whose mission is to “empower our kids through care and guidance to reach (their) potential and, as a result, (break) the cycle of failure and poverty.