Brian Xanders
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| Position: | Senior Personnel Executive |
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| Date of birth: | April 10, 1971 |
| Place of birth: | East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |
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| College: | Florida State |
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Brian Xanders (born April 10, 1971) is an American football executive and former Florida State football player. He is the former general manager for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL), and currently is a senior personnel executive for the NFL's Detroit Lions.
Brian Xanders is in his fifth season with the Lions, following a five-year stint with the Denver Broncos. During his last four seasons with the Broncos he served as the team’s general manager. For the Lions, Xanders works with all areas of the club’s player personnel department, including college scouting, pro personnel, advance scouting, coaching research/analytics and football systems development. He has also modified and enhanced the evaluation process and systems for the NFL Draft, free agency and internal information acquisition.
This season marks Xanders’ 23rd year in the NFL working in a variety of player personnel, scouting, football operations and coaching staff roles during his time at three different teams (Detroit, Denver and Atlanta). He has direct experience in player evaluations with the last 21 NFL Draft classes and 16 free agency periods. During his tenure as the Broncos’ general manager, he engineered the personnel transformation where 90-percent of the team’s roster (55 of 61 players) were acquired through the draft, free agency or re-signed by the club. The four-year personnel foundation from 2009-2012, yielded 5 straight division titles and a 64-26 record from 2011-2015 (two Super Bowl appearances / Super Bowl XL Champions).
The Broncos executed high-producing NFL Draft classes from 2009-12, which finished fifth in the NFL in playtime and third in games started during the four-year period. Those four draft classes became the second highest compensated draft classes in NFL history from 2012-2016. There are 22 primary starters (1+ year) on NFL teams from those draft classes, including five Pro Bowl players: LB Von Miller, WR Demaryius Thomas, CB Chris Harris, 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 (FA, 2012-15), SS Brian Dawkins (UFA, 2009-11), WR Brandon Lloyd (FA, 2009-11), RB Willis McGahee (FA, 2011), CB Champ Bailey (re-signed, 2011), DE Elvis Dumervil (re-signed, 2010), WR Brandon Marshall (re-signed, 2010), and OT Ryan Clady (1st round, 2008).
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