CHARLOTTE — Panthers tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders has good hands, but we knew that already.
What we're learning this training camp is that he also has a leaner silhouette, a flair for the dramatic, an uncanny ability to be near cameras, and some dance moves.
Sanders turned heads, and a few defensive backs, a few times Friday.
The highlight might have been on a deep ball from Andy Dalton, in which he went contorted his body and went up over the top of cornerback Akayleb Evans, who fell backward.
Sanders also went to the ground, but since he was untouched, he recovered quickly and walked into the end zone.
There happened to be a couple of cameras right in front of him, so he spun the ball and struck a pose.
(Unlike Wednesday, when he spun one in the direction of Jaycee Horn, this one wouldn't have been a penalty since he wasn't taunting anyone in particular. And unlike Wednesday, Mike Jackson didn't pick it up and throw it back at him.)
That wasn't the only play he made Friday, as a few minutes later, Bryce Young found him in the corner of the end zone, and he spun the ball again, and center Austin Corbett and wide receiver David Moore were there to dance with him.
Last year's fourth-round pick hit a hot stretch in the middle of last season before he was injured against Kansas City. Prior to landing on his head in that game, he had caught 21 passes for 261 yards and a touchdown in a just-under-six-game stretch. Extrapolating that over a full season would be something, and if he's able to sustain that kind of production, there will be lots of dancing in his future.
Check out photos from the Panthers training camp practice on Friday.
