Carolina Panthers wide receiver Xavier Legette didn’t figure to be in for a long night in his team’s first preseason game on Friday night.

Turns out it was much shorter than anticipated.

The Panthers’ second-year player was ejected midway through the first quarter of his team’s opener with the Cleveland Browns in Charlotte, N.C., after trading punches with Browns safety Rayshawn Jenkins following a play. Jenkins was also ejected following their altercation.

Video showed Legette, 24, throw multiple punches at the head of Jenkins — both players were wearing helmets at the time. Jenkins appeared to throw one punch in retaliation before Legette fell to his knees and wrapped Jenkins’ legs.

Jenkins tore Legette’s helmet off as Legette went to the ground; Jenkins never went down.

The alterca

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