Stewart joined New England’s front office as a scouting assistant in 2007, and worked his way up in the pro and college scouting departments over the next decade. He left in 2018 to serve as a national scout for two seasons in Philadelphia before taking the job as director of player personnel in Carolina in 2020.

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Patriots director of pro personnel Patrick Stewart is reportedly leaving for a general manager job in the college ranks