Football is only one of many talents for Ryan Kalil

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Thomas Davis was answering a question about fellow Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Shaq Thompson on Sunday when Ryan Kalil interrupted the press conference.

The five-time Pro Bowl center had a copy of “The Rookie Handbook: How To Survive The First Season In The NFL,” a book he co-wrote with former teammates Jordan Gross and Geoff Hangartner.

“September 6. Amazon.com,” bellowed Kalil, letting everyone know when and where people could get the book.

Responded Davis: “It’s a great book by three great men. They left me out, but no big deal.”

Said Kalil: “No, there’s a chapter on you in here. … It’s called, ‘The Turn the Page Player.’ This is the guy that wears all of his college gear everywhere he goes and can’t turn the page.”

Davis, who never hesitates to push his beloved Georgia Bulldogs, ripped the book away and resumed answering the question about Thompson.

But you get the picture. Kalil is a character with a wry, sarcastic sense of humor, which will be noticeable in the book since Gross and Hangartner are the same way.

If there’s a practical joke in the locker room, the 31-year-old Kalil more often than not is a primary suspect.

Kalil also is arguably the most cultured member of the Panthers. Yes, more cultured than quarterback Cam Newton, who this offseason starred in and helped produce the Nickelodeon show “All in With Cam Newton.”

Besides the book, Kalil owns a production company and is working with Disney to produce a sequel to the 1991 Disney film “The Rocketeteer.”

Need more evidence? Just check out the avatar on Kalil’s Twitter account in which he’s pictured with a long beard and a …

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