Samantha Rapoport is a sports executive specializing in

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

Early life

Rapoport grew up in

Ottawa Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...

and played touch football as a child. At university, she was captain and

quarterback The quarterback (QB) is a position in gridiron football who are members of the offensive side of the ball and mostly line up directly behind the Lineman (football), offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually consider ...

of the

Montreal Blitz The Montreal Blitz is a women's gridiron football team, founded in 2001, which plays Canadian football in the Central Canadian Women's Football League. Previously, the team played American football in the Independent Women's Football League (200 ...

football team.

Career

Rapoport started her career as an intern with the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

in 2003, gaining the role by mailing her resume and a football along with a note that said, "What other quarterback could accurately deliver a football 386 miles?". She was the

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The N ...

's director of football development in February 2018, and is now a senior executive at the NFL. She hosts the NFL's podcast, 'Earnin' It: The NFL's Forward Progress'. Rapoport has been recognized as one of Sports Illustrated's Most Powerful Women in Sports.

References

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