Panthers speedster Kaelin Clay may have received the game ball after his punt return for a touchdown last weekend, but the hands of a dozen or so teammates and several coaches were all over it.
Clay’s 60-yard gem in the win against the Jets broke a three-year drought between punt return scores and felt like the culmination of an emotional transition for the Panthers’ special teams.
It’s been nearly a year since the death of former assistant Bruce DeHaven, the successful and well-liked special teams coach who lost his battle to prostate cancer last December.