Xavier Legette of Panthers, Rayshawn Jenkins of Browns, launched after the pre-season fight

Carolina Panthers Large receiver Xavier Legette began his second campaign with an ejection after taking a physical fight when opening the team’s pre-season against Cleveland Browns on Friday evening.

LEGETTE, the choice of first round of the panthers in the draft of the NFL 2024, was ejected alongside Browns Safety Rayshawn Jenkins with a little more than six minutes in the first trimester after exchanging blows on the ground.

Cleveland Browns Safety Rayshawn Jenkins (28) and the Large receiver of the Panthers of the Caroline Xavier Legette (17) are fighting during the first quarter in the Bank of America Stadium on August 8, 2025. (Scott Kinser / The USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

This fight occurred after Jenkins seemed to continue to block Legette long after the end of the game.

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Legette won several punches while Jenkins managed to remove her helmet during the altercation.

Panthers’ head coach Dave Canales told journalists after the match that Legette had done what he was supposed to do during the game, but added that the two players deserved a disqualification after being physical.

“We ask our receivers to play with your hands – it was. He had his hands on the guy all the time, through the echo of the whistle. The guy swung and cut his arms down, and Xavier somehow held his jersey.

The Large Receiver Xavier Legette, n ° 17 of the Carolina Panthers and the security Rayshawn Jenkins, n ° 28 of the Cleveland Browns, have an altercation in the first half during the Preds 2025 match of the NFL at the Bank of America Stadium on August 8, 2025, in Charlotte, in North Carolina. (Images Jared C. Tilton / Getty)

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“Then they started to exchange punches-you can’t do that. None of the two parties. The two guys were rightly ejected,” he continued.

“We cannot have this in the context of our game. It is a physical game … Temperatures will become hot, but as soon as you punch suddenly, we are disadvantaged. So, we want to see X for sure.”

Legette apologized to the fans after the match in a post on X.

Cleveland Browns Safety Rayshawn Jenkins (28) tears the Large receiver of the Panthers of Caroline Xavier Legette (17) in the first quarter at the Bank of America Stadium. The two players were expelled from the match on August 8, 2025. (Bob Donnan / Imagn images)

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“Panthers nation I apologize that it wants to reproduce”, reads his article. “I appreciate you all.”

Panthers are launching their season on the road against Jacksonville jaguars on September 7.

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