A Carolina Panthers playbook from Super Bowl XXXVIII was found at a local garage sale, WCNC.com reported on Tuesday.

Matt Rowell, 26, found the discarded playbook stemming from the Panthers' Super Bowl loss to the New England Patriots. Also found at the garage sale was "sensitive financial information" on several players, as well as Kris Jenkins' locker room nameplate from the Super Bowl, the website reported.

Rowell decided to return the playbook and other documents to the Panthers, but elected to keep the nameplate.

"I enjoyed it for a week. I was like, you know what, this really belongs more to the fans than it does to me or for me selling it, because if I were to sell it on Craigslist or eBay or wherever, then that person may then sell it to the Falcons or to the Saints," Rowell said.

"It's just stuff that you can't, as a die hard fan, you just can't do that."