NFC South

Carolina Panthers lose a top executive, as VP of football operations resigns

Steven Drummond was a shooting star for the Carolina Panthers for a long time. I thought one day he would become the Panthers’ team president. Instead, Drummond resigned from the Panthers on Wednesday, meaning the team has lost a high-level executive as well as one of its top-ranking Black executives. Drummond, 44, was the Panthers’ vice president of football operations and the highest-ranking Black official on the football side of the organization. Drummond ranked behind only general manager Scott Fitterer and assistant manager Dan Morgan. As a teenager, Drummond grew up alongside the Panther…