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Xavier Leggett. (Photo by Matt Kelley/Getty Images)
NFL player Xavier Legette has a surprising taste when it comes to food.
The Carolina Panthers rookie, 23, appeared on the Tuesday, Dec. 10 episode “St. Brown Podcast” and made an unexpected discovery about what he likes to eat.
After the podcast host Amon-Ra25 i Equanimeous St. BrownThe 28-year-old asked Leggett about his “hottest meal” when it comes to “something weird” he likes to eat, and the athlete revealed that a certain type of animal makes its way onto his plate.
“I’m eating raccoon,” Legette said of NFL wide receivers.
The visibly shocked St. Brown brothers then asked him to clarify what he meant.
“Like a raccoon you see in a trash can,” Legette said. “I’m hunting him.” I’m killing him. I skin them. Cook them. Eat them. All of that.”
Leggett added that the last time he had dinner was a raccoon on Thanksgiving Day and shared an insight into the taste of meat.
“Everybody’s trying to make things taste like chicken,” Legette said. “But a raccoon has its own taste.”
The newbie said he doesn’t like eating just raccoon. According to the sports star, squirrel and rabbit also often form part of his menu at home.
Xavier Leggett. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
This isn’t the first time Legette has publicly shared his love of munching on raccoon meat.
In November, Legette took to social media to talk about his family’s plans for their Thanksgiving feast.
While many Americans traditionally like to eat turkey on the holiday, Leggett said raccoon is in the cards for him.
“Man, the thing I’m most excited to eat today is going to be that raccoon,” he said via an Instagram story posted on Thanksgiving Day.
“My cousin called me last night and told me that they killed a raccoon two days ago.” They stripped and everything—washed him. Yes, we’re going to dive into that today.”
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This is not the first time the football rookie has made headlines for his views on food.
After a Panthers practice in Munich, Germany in November, Legette sampled some authentic German sausages in a fun video for RTL Sport.
“Do I have to cook it?” he hilariously asked about the sausages, before taking a bite.
Legette also thought about chicken wings as he perused the German offering.
In the video, he admitted that he was used to “a different flavor of barbecue sauce.”
“I used to have chicken wings,” he said. “It tasted a little different.”
