# @hazzesports on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DekBQcJkdt7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72527315-hazzesports-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f6a92949df.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T17:00:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** HAZZE MEDIA SPORTS (@HazzeSports) — https://gondola.cc/HazzeSports

## Caption

The voice on the other end of the phone delivered a fate that felt full circle. 

In Las Vegas, Nevada, Ikem Ekwonu was answering the call that would bring him home to Charlotte, North Carolina. His mother, Amaka, held him while he spoke to David Tepper, owner of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL), unwilling to let go as her son learned that the team he had grown up watching would become the one he would play for. 

“Man, I’m coming home. I’m in the NFL,” he remembered thinking. 

Read the full story on @hazzemedia, link in bio! 
Interview by @christinawinnegar

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christina Winnegar | @sportsbycwinnie | https://gondola.cc/sportsbycwinnie | Journalist |

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