The Panthers’ GM search is beginning to fill out, with now two external interview candidates known. The second of which will be Bills assistant director of college scouting Lake Dawson.
Dawson will join interim GM Marty Hurney and Texans VP of player personnel Jimmy Raye III in interviewing for the post, Tom Pelissero of NFL.com (Twitter link) and Mike Rodak of ESPN.com report.
A Dawson defection would represent another blow to a recently assembled Bills front office, which lost top Brandon Beane lieutenant Brian Gaine when he agreed to return to Houston as Texans GM.
Dawson has been in his current post for less than a year but spent nine seasons as a Titans exec, rising through the ranks under then-GMs Mike Reinfeldt and Ruston Webster. Dawson finished his Titans tenure in 2015 as the franchise’s VP of player personnel. He spent the 2016 season with the Browns.
The 45-year-old exec has spent 17 years as a scout or executive, doing so following a four-year playing career as a wide receiver.
I thought a body of water legit got an interview.