Former Panthers HC Matt Rhule reunites with franchise great Cam Newton

If you don't want to be brought back down memory lane to the 2021 Carolina Panthers, then you may want to proceed with caution.

The "Battle of the Boneyard," one of the nation's top 7-on-7 football camps, took place on Friday at the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium. On hand for the event was former Panthers head coach and current Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule, who just so happened to run into a familiar face . . .

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— Matt Rhule (@CoachMattRhule) June 6, 2025

Panthers legend Cam Newton, who was in attendance in Lincoln to join his C1N team, shared a sideline with Rhule for half of the 2021 campaign. That short union, or reunion in Newton's case, saw the Panthers lose seven of eight games in punctuating a disappointing 5-12 season.

But despite those results, and even a little rockiness that came on the way, Newton took a liking to Rhule during his brief time back in Carolina.

"Matt Rhule was an unbelievable guy," Newton said on his YouTube show in March of 2024. "So much so, that when I say 'unbelievable,' I'm like, yo, he's a guy that I would kick it with. We had great conversations. We had great meetings and great insights on the game, family, religion—just the whole process to how we both got to this situation."

Well, they got to kick it yet again—even if this situation was a bit different.