Notebook: Caleb Farley gets a fresh start, close to home [Video]

CHARLOTTE — When Caleb Farley came in to work out with the Panthers recently, they threw him a T-shirt to wear. It had a number on it, the kind of thing that no one really chooses, the equipment guys or the recipient. It’s kind of like the next shirt in the clean pile.

For Farley, it had plenty of meaning. That blue 31 they offered held special meaning for him since his father, Robert Farley, wore No. 31 when he played for Maiden High School’s 1971 state championship football team.

“Just little things like that, not to make it too big, but it’s kind of like a pleasant delight in your heart,” Farley said Thursday. “And I just enjoyed it and I know my uncles, my cousins enjoy being able to see me get 31 and things like that.

“So all of that, I take it in, and I enjoy every moment of it. You …