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Report: Cameron Artis-Payne will wear DeAngelo Williams' old number

Published May. 6, 2015 6:51 p.m. ET

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Cameron Artis-Payne may not have been selected until the fifth-round, but he's already making headlines. While it was originally reported by the Carolina Panthers official Twitter that Artis-Payne would wear No. 45, apparently the plan has changed.

The updated choice by Artis-Payne is the number that all-time leading rusher DeAngelo Williams used to wear, according to David Newton of ESPN. Newton pointed to the following tweet from Carolina's Twitter to break the news:

We aren't sure exactly what role Artis-Payne will play in Carolina, but one thing that's certain is that he'll have some big shoes to fill after choosing No. 34.

(h/t ESPN and Panthers.com)

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#JerseyNumberUpdate! @peanuttillman will wear 31 @ThaRealKillaCam will now wear 34 pic.twitter.com/hg0gD55WTY
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) May 6, 2015