CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tahir Whitehead was heading into his senior year at Temple in 2011 when then-offensive coordinator Matt Rhule stepped on the practice field for warm-ups wearing a helmet and shoulder pads and challenging players in the "bull in the ring" drill.
"I remember looking at him, like, 'Hey, this guy is crazy,'" the Carolina Panthers middle linebacker recalled. "I forget which guy he was going up against, but I would say he was probably about twice Matt's size. Matt says he didn't care. We've got to show you guys how to get going.