Not everybody was consuming turkey on Thanksgiving … ‘trigger rising star rookie receiver Xavier Legette revealed he chomped down on a raccoon for his vacation dinner!

The Carolina Panthers first spherical 2024 draft choose revealed the non-traditional Turkey Day meal on the St. Brown Podcast when Amon-Ra and Equanimeous St. Brown requested him about one thing he enjoys consuming that others would possibly discover questionable.

“I eat raccoon,” Legette admitted. “Like a raccoon that you simply see within the trash.”

The NFL brothers have been baffled by his reply. Equanimeous — a receiver for the Packers — pressed for extra particulars, asking … “The place do you even get that?”

Apparently, not a grocery retailer.

Legette — a Mullins, South Carolina native — stated he hunts the mammal, then “kill it, I pores and skin ’em, cook dinner ’em, eat ’em — all that.”

Actually, the 23-year-old stated he had one for Thanksgiving dinner after his household went out searching.

So, what does it style like? Not rooster, Legette says, including “‘coon’ acquired its personal style.”

And, raccoon is not the one “completely different” dish Legette enjoys — he additionally eats squirrels and rabbits.