Eliot Wolf (born March 21, 1982) is an

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executive and scout who is currently the director of scouting for the New England Patriots of the

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(NFL). He was previously the assistant

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of the

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, and before that, he served in the Green Bay Packers' scouting department for 14 seasons.

Early life

Wolf was born on March 21, 1982 in

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. He graduated from Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2000 and from the

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in 2003. Wolf's father,

Ron Wolf Ronald Wolf (born December 30, 1938) is the former American football general manager (GM) of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers. Wolf is widely credited with bringing success to a Packers franchise that had rarely won during the two ...

, was general manager of the Packers.

Executive career

Wolf joined the Packers as a pro personnel assistant in 2004. He became assistant director of pro personnel in 2008 and assistant director of player personnel in 2011 before assuming his current position in 2012. On January 2, 2015, Wolf was promoted to director of player personnel. On March 21, 2016, Wolf was promoted to director-football operations. In April 2016, Bob McGinn of the '' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' and Brian Manzullo of the ''

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'' reported that Wolf was a candidate for the vacant Detroit Lions general manager position, but the Packers denied the Lions' request to interview him. Following the final regular season game of the 2016 season the

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fired general manager

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, prompting sportswriter

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to highlight Wolf as a potential new general manager of the team. On January 3, 2017 Tom Pelissero of ''

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'' reported that the 49ers would interview Wolf for the general manager position. Wolf has been described as on the "short list" of candidates for general manager positions around the NFL, including being in consideration for the position in Green Bay as the successor to Ted Thompson. That position was given to Brian Gutekunst on January 7, 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf, Eliot 1982 births Living people Businesspeople from Oakland, California Cleveland Browns executives Green Bay Packers executives New England Patriots executives Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay, Wisconsin) alumni Sportspeople from Green Bay, Wisconsin University of Miami alumni