Corral Explains Draft Night Social Media Post

The Panthers quarterback discusses why he made the cryptic post on the night of the draft.

There was a lot of excitement in the Carolinas on draft night last month as the Panthers were set to take a quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick. That thrilling feeling wasn't felt by all, though. 

Panthers 2022 third-round draft pick Matt Corral shared a post on his Instagram account on draft night in what appeared to be a message to the Panthers.

However, Corral cleared up the meaning behind his post and stated that it was not football related.

"The post on draft night, that had nothing to do with football. Had zero to do with football. Me and Reich had that conversation and like he said, that's going to be between us but it was a good conversation. There's still stuff I'm figuring out outside of football but it's nothing but positive thinking. I'm learning and growing every single day.

"It was just personal stuff. Just my social life and my relationships with the people that care about me and I care about them. Had nothing to do with football."

That doesn't mean the Panthers move up to No. 1 completely unfazed him.

"It wasn't tough. But my competitive nature, yeah sure, it was like, okay, let's go but it's the business. And that's something that those guys make and I've got nothing to say about it. That's what they want and that's what we're going to get. I'm going to continue to do my best and continue to make this team the best that I can to my ability and just get better every single day and make the people better around me."

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