SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Wide receiver Rashard Higgins held tightly to his 11-month-old son in the back of a golf cart while discussing the "open" competition between Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold for the Carolina Panthers' starting quarterback job.
He joked young Sevin got his name -- with a tweak to the spelling -- because seven follows six, the uniform number of Mayfield, his teammate and friend in Cleveland the past four seasons.
In other words, if anyone has reason to pull for Mayfield, it's Higgins.