Report: Patriots executive leaves for job with Nebraska football
Patrick Stewart will reportedly become the next general manager of Nebraska football
Patriots director of pro personnel Patrick Stewart is leaving to become the general manager of Nebraska football, according to ESPN.
Stewart began his NFL career in 2007 with the Patriots as a scouting assistant and spent a decade in New England’s scouting department.
He joined the Eagles as a national scout in 2018 and later worked for the Panthers as director of player personnel and eventually vice president of player personnel before returning to the Patriots as a senior personnel adviser.
Stewart will run the personnel department for Nebraska football. Nebraska finished 7-6 after beating Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl last year.
As the college football landscape continues to change, there have been several notable general manager hires. Bill Belichick hired former Browns GM Michael Lombardi at UNC. Oklahoma hired Jim Nagy, the former Reese’s Senior Bowl director, as general manager of its program.
According to ESPN, the Patriots’ hiring of Mike Vrabel caused a ripple effect in the front office. Eliot Wolf remains as executive vice president of player personnel. Vrabel brought on Ryan Cowden, whom he had previously worked with in Tennessee, as vice president of player personnel.
Stewart, an Ohio State alum, worked as a student manager under Jim Tressel from 2000-04. He spent the 2005 season as a graduate assistant at Western Carolina before moving on to Temple as assistant director of football operations in 2006.
He was a member of two Patriots Super Bowl teams (XLIX and LI) as a scout.
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