Jon Sandusky | |
Current Team: | New Orleans Saints |
Position: | Area Scout |
Birth Date: | February 21, 1977 |
Birth Place: | State College, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
High School: | State College (PA) |
College: | Penn State |
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Jon D. Sandusky (born February 21, 1977) is a National Football League (NFL) scout for the New Orleans Saints. He was the director of pro personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2008 to 2009, and the director of player personnel for the Cleveland Browns from 2010 to 2014.
Sandusky served as an intern for the Penn State football team for two years.[1]
Sandusky joined the Philadelphia Eagles in 2001 as an intern in the personnel department. He became a pro scout the following year, and served in that capacity from 2002 to 2008, before being promoted to director of pro personnel on June 10, 2008.
Sandusky was hired by the Cleveland Browns as the director of player personnel on January 20, 2010, after former Eagles general manager Tom Heckert was hired in Cleveland.[2] He was demoted to player personnel associate in 2014, and the Browns "parted ways" with him on May 18, 2015.[3]
In 2015, the New Orleans Saints hired Sandusky as an area scout.[4]
Sandusky was arrested in October 2013 for driving under the influence.[5]
He is the adopted son of convicted serial child rapist and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.[6]