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Lions promote Brian Hudspeth to Director of College Scouting

Hudspeth was Detroit’s assistant director of collegiate scouting in 2022

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The Detroit Lions have filled a front office vacancy from within the organization. Per Aaron Wilson, the Lions have promoted Brian Hudspeth to the director of collegiate scouting position.

Hudspeth has been the Lions’ assistant director of collegiate scouting for the last year. He first joined Detroit in 2018 as a national scout. Hudspeth started his NFL scouting career with the Atlanta Falcons back in 2001. He’s also had scouting tenures with the Texans and Buccaneers.

He fills the hole left behind by Dave Sears, who left after the season to join the Arizona Cardinals as that team’s assistant GM.

Lions lose collegiate scouting director Dave Sears to the Cardinals

Sears has been with the Lions since 2007 and will be the new assistant GM of the Cardinals

The Detroit Lions have been fortunate to keep the coaching staff and front office intact through the early days of the offseason. Alas, there is an important loss to the scouting staff.

Director of collegiate scouting Dave Sears is leaving the team to become the assistant general manager of the Arizona Cardinals. Justin Rogers of the Detroit News was the first to report the move.

Sears has been with the Lions since the 2007 season, surviving through three GMs before the current regime. He climbed through the ranks from being a regional scout to becoming in charge of all the college scouts in 2019.

Sears does have a connection with new Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort. The two cut their NFL teeth together with the Houston Texans in the early 2000s.

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