JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CAROLINA SPORTS LIVE) -- Even as a kid, Trevor Etienne knew it was farfetched.

"I would be lying if we sat down and was like, 'We talked about how it was going to happen,' the Panthers rookie running back admitted this week.

But life is funny. As Etienne discovered dreams do come true, and sometimes when they do, they turn out even better than imagined.

"It is really like a full-circle moment for everyone," he said. "You know, me and my brother, we are the ones that are competing, but it took everyone."

And now this weekend in Jacksonville, it all culminates.

"Half of Jennings is going to be there!" said dad Travis Etienne of the family's hometown. "I guarantee it."

The elder Etienne says the matchup is the talk of their Louisiana town. His youngest son Trevor is

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