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BRIAN XANDERS

College: State SENIOR PERSONNEL EXECUTIVE NFL Year: 26 Rams Year: 3

Brian Xanders is in his third season with the Los Angeles WR Eric Decker, DT , DT Malik Jackson, DE Robert Rams. Xanders works with all areas of the club’s player personnel Ayers and LB . There were also eight other Pro department, including college scouting, pro personnel, coaching Bowl players who were acquired, signed or extended during his research, and football systems development. tenure: QB , SS , WR Brandon Lloyd, RB Willis McGahee, CB , DE , The 2019 season marks Xanders’ 26th year in the NFL working WR , and OT . He also supervised in a variety of player personnel, scouting, football operations and the day-to-day operations of the Broncos’ college scouting, pro coaching staff roles during his time at four different teams (L.A., scouting, labor operations/salary cap, equipment, medical, video, Detroit, Denver and Atlanta). He has direct experience in player football systems and football operations departments. He served evaluations with the last 23 NFL Draft classes and 18 free agency on the NFL College Advisory, NFL Combine Selection and the periods. NFL Statistics Committees. He was originally hired by Denver as assistant general manager in 2008. Xanders joined the Rams organization in 2017, following a four year stint with the . Prior to his Lions’ tenure, he Before joining the Broncos, he worked 14 seasons (1994-2008) with served four seasons with the as the team’s the in various scouting, player personnel, football general manager. operations, coaching staff (defense/offense/ST) and technology/ systems roles. Xanders was a member of the Falcons’ defensive During his tenure as the Broncos’ general manager, he engineered coaching staff on their 1998 team that became the first in franchise the personnel transformation where 90 percent of the team’s roster history to earn a berth (XXXIII). He was selected by the (55 of 61 players) were acquired through the draft, free agency or Falcons to attend Stanford University’s NFL Program for Managers re-signed by the club. The four-year personnel foundation from in 2005, he has given presentations at several universities on NFL 2009-2012, yielded 5 straight division titles and a 64-26 record player personnel issues. from 2011-2015 (two Super Bowl appearances / Super Bowl XL Champions). A former who played for at from 1989-92, Xanders was a member of four The Broncos executed high-producing NFL Draft classes from bowl-winning teams with the Seminoles that had a 42-7 combined 2009-12, which finished third in the NFL in games started and fifth record. He was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference academic team in playtime during the four-year period. Those four draft classes selection and graduated from FSU with a master’s degree in became the second highest compensated draft classes in NFL business administration and a bachelor’s degree in business history from 2012-2016 ($920M). There are 22 primary starters management. (1+ year) on NFL teams from those draft classes, including five players (15 appearances): LB , WR Demaryius Xanders, Amy, Reid and Mary Claire and reside in Thousand Thomas, CB Chris Harris, TE and OG Zane Oaks, California. He participates in Habitat for Humanity charities, Beadles. Other long-term core starters include T , Homes for the Holidays, and Charities.