Fried chicken, mac ’n’ cheese and collard greens. That's the home-cooked meal of choice for Jermaine Carter Jr., who is no stranger to southern cooking.
Even though the middle linebacker has spent most of his life in Maryland — where he was born and played four years of college football — Carter’s family is originally from North Carolina. He grew up on the cooking of his grandmother, who still lives in Charlotte.
But two weeks into his time as a Carolina Panther, after the team selected him in the fifth round of last month’s NFL Draft, there’s one staple Carter has yet to try.