Christian McCaffrey Spends OTAs With A "Mini-CMC"

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OTAs were back in full swing for the Carolina Panthers on Tuesday, but there was also a special guest.

Peyton Raper, an 11-year old Panthers fan from Sneads Ferry, NC had his Make A Wish honored by spending the entire day as a member of the Panthers and following around his favorite player, running back Christian McCaffrey. 

Raper's parents, Jason and Meghan surprised him Tuesday morning. Raper is diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma, a rare, highly aggressive B-Cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. 

Peyton joined the Panthers on a contract which included a signing bonus of “a big bucket of candy." He had a locker set up next to McCaffrey and even played a game of Call of Duty with him.

Peyton's parents and Christian McCaffrey spoke about the day.

After practice, head coach Ron Rivera continued the charity work by taking part in the #CrackCancerChallenge. 

Another angle of Greg Olsen, McCaffrey, Kuechly, Kawann Short, Shaq Thompson and Trai Turner had fun helping Ron Rivera out with the #CrackCancerChallenge after OTAs this morning -- pic.twitter.com/KoIIARzHyS

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