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Panthers to honor Sam Mills during Thursday Night Football

Published: Oct 12, 2017 at 01:16 PM

The Checkdown's daily collection of football culture stories for October 12th, 2017. This is the Extra Point.

The Panthers will pay tribute to Sam Mills, the originator of Keep Poundin', with a special helmet decal during tonight's Eagles-Panthers game.

#Panthers will honor Sam Mills with a “51” decal during Thursday Night Football. pic.twitter.com/hGSeKn89gG
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) October 11, 2017

Learn more about the life of the five-time Pro Bowler on this Friday's airing of A Football Life.

Jaguars rookie RB Leonard Fournette is on his way to Canton... sort of.

RB @_fournette's jersey from Sunday is being shipped to Canton to be featured at the @ProFootballHOF.

Youngest ever with a 90-yard TD run! pic.twitter.com/vFkAN6aqeR
— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) October 11, 2017

Bills CB Tre'Davious White is the Dikembe Mutombo of the NFL.

List of every single player in NFL history with 11 pass breakups through 5 games:

-Tre'Davious White (@TreWhite16)

Per @pfref
— TheBillsWire (@TheBillsWire) October 11, 2017

Former Raiders WR Cliff Branch lost his home in the Northern California wildfires.

Branch helped the Raiders win three Super Bowls during his 14-year NFL career. You can make a donation toward relief efforts here.

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