Eliot Wolf Explained

Eliot Wolf
Current Team:New England Patriots
Position:Executive vice president of player personnel
Birth Date:21 March 1982
Birth Place:Oakland, California, U.S.
High School:Notre Dame Academy
(Green Bay, Wisconsin)
College:University of Miami
Pastexecutive:
  • Green Bay Packers
    Pro personnel assistant
  • Green Bay Packers
    Assistant director of pro personnel
  • Green Bay Packers
    Assistant director of player personnel
  • Green Bay Packers
    Director of pro personnel
  • Green Bay Packers
    Director of player personnel
  • Green Bay Packers
    Director of football operations
  • Cleveland Browns
    Assistant general manager
  • New England Patriots
    Consultant
  • New England Patriots (–)
    Director of scouting
  • New England Patriots (–present)
    Executive vice president of player personnel
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Eliot Wolf (born March 21, 1982) is an American football executive who is the executive vice president of player personnel for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served in the Green Bay Packers' scouting department for 14 years before working as an assistant general manager with the Cleveland Browns in the late 2010s.

Early life

Wolf was born on March 21, 1982, in Oakland, California, to a Jewish family. He graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 2000 and from the University of Miami in 2003.[1] Wolf's father, Ron Wolf, was general manager of the Packers.[2]

Executive career

Wolf joined the Packers as a pro personnel assistant in 2004. He became assistant director of pro personnel in 2008 and assistant director of player personnel in 2011 before advancing to director of pro personnel in 2012. On January 2, 2015, he was promoted to director of player personnel. A year later, on March 21, 2016, Wolf was promoted to director of football operations.[3] Wolf left the Packers and was hired as the assistant general manager under John Dorsey with the Cleveland Browns in 2018.[4]

Wolf left the Browns following the 2019 season and joined the New England Patriots as a scouting consultant the following year.[5] He was promoted to director of scouting with the Patriots in 2022 and became the executive vice president of player personnel following the departure of longtime head coach and de facto general manager Bill Belichick in 2024.[6] [7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eliot Wolf. Green Bay Packers. December 30, 2013.
  2. News: Matt Barrows . December 29, 2016 . On 49ers: Will the team pick from Ron Wolf's tree of GM candidates? . Sacramento Bee . January 3, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201105120600/https://www.sacbee.com/sports/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/article123568479.html . November 5, 2020.
  3. Web site: Packers promote Wolf and Gutekunst . March 21, 2016 . January 3, 2017 . Packers.com.
  4. News: Browns hire Eliot Wolf as assistant GM. Rob. Demovsky. ESPN. January 10, 2018. January 9, 2024.
  5. News: Eliot Wolf joins Patriots as consultant. Darin. Garitt. NBC Sports. March 11, 2020. January 9, 2024.
  6. News: Patriots create new director of scouting position for Eliot Wolf. Isaiah. Houde. USA Today. March 25, 2022. January 9, 2024.
  7. Web site: Price . Christopher . Meet Eliot Wolf, the man who has the pedigree to make personnel decisions for the Patriots . Boston Globe . 22 February 2024.
  8. Web site: Patra . Kevin . Patriots exec Eliot Wolf to have final say during 2024 NFL Draft, wants to model approach after Packers . NFL.com . 27 February 2024.