Brian Xanders is in his first season with the Jacksonville Jaguars as senior advisor to the general manager/personnel strategist.
Xanders comes to Jacksonville with 31 seasons of experience in the NFL working in a variety of player personnel, scouting, football operations and coaching roles during his time with four different organizations (Los Angeles Rams, Detroit, Denver and Atlanta). He has direct experience in player evaluations with the last 30 NFL Draft classes and 24 free agency periods.
Most recently, Xanders served eight seasons with the Los Angeles Rams as senior personnel executive (2017-24). With the Rams, he assisted with multiple successful roster reconstructions that ascended to a Super Bowl LVI victory and an 88-57 record, the fifth-most wins in that span. He worked with all areas of the club's player personnel department, including college scouting, pro personnel, coaching research and game management/strategy.
Before joining the Rams, Xanders had a four-year stint with the Detroit Lions as senior player personnel executive (2013-16). Prior to his Lions' tenure, he served four seasons with the Denver Broncos as the team's general manager (2009-12).
During his tenure as the Broncos' general manager, the Broncos executed high-producing NFL Draft classes, including six Pro Bowl players with 20 total appearances: LB Von Miller, WR Demaryius Thomas, CB Chris Harris, DT Malik Jackson, TE Julius Thomas and OG Zane Beadles. There were also eight other Pro Bowl players who were acquired, signed or extended during his tenure: QB Peyton Manning, SS Brian Dawkins, WR Brandon Lloyd, RB Willis McGahee, CB Champ Bailey, DE Elvis Dumervil, WR Brandon Marshall and OT Ryan Clady.
Xanders also supervised the day-to-day operations of the Broncos' college scouting, pro scouting, labor operations/salary cap, equipment, medical, video, football systems and football operations departments. He served on the NFL College Advisory, NFL Combine Selection and NFL Statistics Committees. Xanders was originally hired by Denver as assistant general manager in 2008.
Before joining the Broncos, Xanders worked 14 seasons (1994-2008) with the Atlanta Falcons in various scouting, player personnel, football operations, coaching and technology roles. He was a member of the Falcons' 1998 defensive coaching staff that became the first in franchise history to earn a Super Bowl appearance (XXXIII). Xanders was selected by the Falcons to attend Stanford University's NFL Program for Managers in 2005 and has given presentations at several universities on NFL player personnel issues.
A former linebacker who played for Bobby Bowden at Florida State University from 1989-92, Xanders was a member of four bowl-winning teams with the Seminoles that had a 42-7 combined record. He was an All-ACC Academic Team selection and graduated from FSU with a master's degree in business administration and a bachelor's degree in business management.
Xanders, his wife, Amy, and his two children, Reid and Mary Claire, reside in Ponte Vedra Beach,
