CHARLOTTE — For two years, Bryce Young has heard stories about Mullins, South Carolina. The hometown of Xavier Legette, Mullins, is located in eastern South Carolina, a former tobacco hub now home to just under 5,000 residents.
It is as country as a town can be, and the opposite of Young's childhood in Southern California. So when the quarterback heard Legette was hosting a trail ride the weekend before mandatory minicamp, he had to drive south and experience it firsthand.
"He talked about it, so, just wanted to try it out, and that was a new experience for me for sure," laughed the LA product."It was really fun. I actually had a really good time. Everyone up there was super cool."
It didn't take long for videos of the well-attended trail ride (a colloquial term for a community event on horses, ATVs, and trailers, ending in a cookout) to emerge, showing Legette on his Tennessee Walking Horse, and Young on a souped-up four-wheeler.
"That was my first time driving. That was X's too, so, appreciate him letting me use it, but it was a lot of fun," shared Young. "I did not get on a horse. I still have some ways to go before that."