CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- No player outside of middle linebacker Sam Mills has embodied what Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson wants his organization to represent more than outside linebacker Thomas Davis.
From his work ethic and production on the field to his philanthropy off the field, Davis for years has been the best candidate to become the second Carolina player to have a statue of himself placed outside Bank of America Stadium since 1998, when Mills received his.
That shouldn’t change because the 2014 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year will be suspended the first four games of his final season after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.