CHARLOTTE – Ricky Proehl is stepping away from the Panthers to fulfill a promise to his son, Austin, who just finished his junior season as a wide receiver at the University of North Carolina.
“I always told him when he started at Chapel Hill that if he became a starter or an impact player, that I would walk away to come to all his games,” Proehl explained. “It would really hurt me to not be there for him.
“The first thing kids do is look back for mom and dad. That doesn’t change, no matter how old you are.