South Carolina tight end Hayden Hurst has followed Greg Olsen for a while.
Growing up in Jacksonville, Fla., Hurst rooted for the Miami Hurricanes, where Olsen was a star tight end and became a first-round NFL draft choice.
After an aborted minor-league baseball career, Hurst spent the past three years in Columbia, where he kept a close eye on Olsen and his Carolina Panthers teammates, who were on TV “all the time,” said Hurst.
Could Hurst’s next move be to follow Olsen to Charlotte?