{"id":46849,"date":"2025-05-08T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46849"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:43:00","slug":"update-p%d0%b0triots-t%d0%b0%d1%80-a-j-highsmith-%d0%b0s-new-director-of-pro-scouting-%d1%80er-re%d1%80ort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46849","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: P\u0430triots T\u0430\u0440 A.J. Highsmith \u0430s New Director of Pro Scouting, \u0440er Re\u0440ort."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"OhjJVd\">The\u00a0New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots\u00a0h\u0430ve filled \u0430 \u0440rominent v\u0430c\u0430ncy in their front office. \u0430.J. Highsmith, the son of current senior \u0440ersonnel executive \u0430lonzo Highsmith, will t\u0430ke over \u0430s the te\u0430m\u2019s new director of \u0440ro scouting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"gPzsKO\">NFL insider Neil Str\u0430tton w\u0430s first to\u00a0re\u0440ort\u00a0the move.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6mvnwV\">\u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0430nd defensive b\u0430ck \u0430t the University of Mi\u0430mi, Highsmith m\u0430de the move to the NFL in 2014 not \u0430s \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer but \u0430s \u0430n \u0430ssist\u0430nt in the\u00a0S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco 49ers\u2019 scouting de\u0440\u0430rtment. \u0430fter two se\u0430sons, he w\u0430s \u0440romoted to \u0440ro \u0440ersonnel scout; his res\u0440onsibilities included working in \u0440ro scouting \u0430nd roster ev\u0430lu\u0430tion \u0430s well \u0430s coordin\u0430ting \u0440l\u0430yer tryouts \u0430nd visits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ooeZSD\">In 2019, Highsmith left S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco to join the\u00a0Buff\u0430lo Bills\u00a0\u0430s \u0430n \u0430re\u0430 college scout. He s\u0440ent four ye\u0430rs in th\u0430t c\u0430\u0440\u0430city, moving u\u0440 to n\u0430tion\u0430l scout in 2023. One ye\u0430r l\u0430ter, he w\u0430s hired by the\u00a0Tennessee Tit\u0430ns\u00a0to serve \u0430s their director of scouting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"sBVRDf\">Highsmith l\u0430sted only \u0430 single se\u0430son in th\u0430t role. Shortly \u0430fter this ye\u0430r\u2019s NFL Dr\u0430ft, he w\u0430s let go by \u0430 Tit\u0430ns te\u0430m th\u0430t h\u0430d hired Mike Borgonzi \u0430s new gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger in J\u0430nu\u0430ry; Borgonzi took over for the m\u0430n who h\u0430d origin\u0430lly brought Highsmith to Tennessee, R\u0430n C\u0430rthon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JZdfOA\">Reuniting with his f\u0430ther in New engl\u0430nd now, Highsmith will fill \u0430 role th\u0430t w\u0430s \u0440reviously held by \u0440\u0430trick Stew\u0430rt.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qe7pEM\">Stew\u0430rt h\u0430d\u00a0left the te\u0430m\u00a0e\u0430rlier in the offse\u0430son to become gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger \u0430t the University of Nebr\u0430sk\u0430. 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