Tag: National Scout

Cowboys shuffling scouting department, part ways with 18-year staple

After a 18-year tenure, Dallas is parting ways with National Scout Drew Fabianich, who was integral in the Cowboys’ recent draft success. | From @CDBurnett7

Building their team in recent years,  the bread and butter for the Dallas Cowboys certainly hasn’t been free agency. While big names find different teams, Dallas is always in the rumor mill, but never in the transaction wire. Instead, they always throws their chips at the draft. Thankfully, the scouts have delivered with a slew of home-run selections that have allowed Dallas to remain competitive despite only functioning in one of the three areas of roster creation.

One of the scouts integral in these triumphs was Drew Fabianich. Fabianich got his start as a quarterback and receiver coach at Mesa State College in 1985 and rose up the coaching ranks before switching gears with the Cowboys as their National Scout in 2004. Now the pair are parting ways, as reported by Neil Stratton of Inside the League.

During Fabianich’s tenure, 11 of Dallas’ first-round picks have turned into Pro Bowl players. This includes the selections of Dez Bryant, Tyron Smith, Travis Frederick, Zack Martin, Byron Jones and Ezekiel Elliott all within a seven-year window. Fabianich’s success goes further than the first round, notably Dak Prescott as one of the biggest Day 3 selections in Cowboys history.

Dallas now finds themselves without a National Scout and the replacement will take over a position held by Fabianich for 18 years.

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Chiefs hire former Panthers area scout Jonathan Howard as national scout

The #Chiefs have added former #Panthers and #Patriots area scout Jonathan Howard to their front office staff as a national scout.

The Kansas City Chiefs have made an addition to their scouting staff following the 2022 NFL draft.

As first reported by Chiefs Digest’s Matt Derrick, the Chiefs have hired Jonathan Howard as a national scout. There is a lot of movement in the scouting world after the conclusion of the NFL draft each year, and this year is no different. In fact, there have been a lot of longtime NFL scouts looking for work following the conclusion of this year’s draft.

Howard joins the Chiefs after spending the 2021 NFL season with the Carolina Panthers as an area scout. In the six seasons prior, Howard worked as the west coast area scout for the Patriots. He began his scouting career in 2013, starting off as a scouting assistant in New England.

Howard played football collegiately at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri as a linebacker and safety.

Kansas City did not employ a national scout in 2022, as the role was in part absorbed in former national scout Trey Koziol’s new title as Assistant Director of College Scouting. The Chiefs lost Koziol to Ryan Poles’ front office with the Chicago Bears.

The responsibilities of a national scout are a bit similar to area scouts. They are college football scouts as opposed to pro scouts. They cover everywhere as opposed to working only in a dedicated region. Think of Howard as support staff for K.C.’s area scouts, an extra pair of eyes of sorts.

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