Scott Fowler: In rural Idaho, a former Panthers star returns to coach his old high school team

SEATTLE — Jordan Gross, the former Carolina Panthers offensive tackle who was so good he earned a spot in the team’s Hall of Honor, made a rare appearance at an NFL game Sunday. Gross sat in the team’s radio booth in Seattle, and called the one game all season that he will broadcast for the Panthers in 2023. He’s too busy to do any more of them, since he now serves as head coach of his old high school football team — the Fruitland Grizzlies — and runs his family’s 70-acre farm. In rural Idaho, Gross has cobbled together an unusual post-NFL life befitting one of the Panthers’ most unusual succe…

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