Jadeveon Clowney is finally ready to make his Panthers debut

Darin Gantt

CHARLOTTE - Jadeveon Clowney always dreamed of something like this.

But there were also points in his NFL career at which he actively avoided it because he wanted to make sure he was ready.

He is now.

Growing up in Rock Hill S.C., and being compared to Julius Peppers was one thing. But actually walking the same halls as the Hall of Famer, playing for his hometown team the way Peppe