Eliot Wolf (born March 21, 1982) is an American professional

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executive who is the executive vice president of player personnel for the

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of the

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(NFL). He previously served in the

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' scouting department for 14 years before working as an assistant

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with the

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in the late 2010s.

Early life

Wolf was born on March 21, 1982, in

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, to a

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family. He graduated from Notre Dame Academy in

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, in 2000 and from the

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in 2003. Wolf's father,

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, 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 advancing to director of pro personnel in 2012. On January 2, 2015, he was promoted to director of player personnel. A year later, on March 21, 2016, Wolf was promoted to director of football operations. In 2018, Wolf was one of four candidates interviewed to become the Packers new General Manager, but after Brian Gutekunst was hired for the job, Wolf left the Packers to be assistant general manager under John Dorsey with the

. Wolf and Dorsey spent two seasons with the Browns before parting ways following the 2019 season, and Wolf joined the

as a scouting consultant the following year. He was promoted to director of scouting with the Patriots in 2022 and became the executive vice president of player personnel following the departure of longtime head coach and ''de facto'' general manager

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in 2024.

References

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