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Darrel Young trying to make a name for himself

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CHARLOTTE -- First thing's first.

It's pronounced DUH-rell.

"I get used to it," says Panthers fullback Darrel Young, who estimates 99 percent of people botch his first name with the more common DAIR-rull.

Last year, about the only folks mentioning Young's name were his colleagues on CSN Mid-Atlantic. That's because he was dipping his foot into a TV career while his football peers continued their careers. After six seasons with Washington and a training camp in Chicago, it looked like Young's time in the NFL had run out.

But that wasn't his reality.