The Patriots front office continues to be reshaped.
According to a source, the Patriots and director of college scouting Camren Williams are parting ways. Williams has been with the organization since 2016. Hired by Bill Belichick, he was promoted to his latest position in 2022.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Williams is taking a promotion and being hired as the Denver Broncos co-director of player personnel.
The son of former Patriots defensive lineman Brent Williams, Camren quickly rose to the ranks of the organization under Belichick. He was hired as a scouting assistant in 2016 before being promoted to an area two years later. From 2018-2019, he scouted the southwest and then worked in the southwest area from 2019-2021.
Williams was a national scout for one year during the 2021 NFL season before Belichick promoted him, at age 29, to the position of director of college scouting in the spring of 2022. Williams held that role for the last three Patriots drafts.
His exit from the organization represents a continued shift from new coach Mike Vrabel.
This offseason, the Patriots hired Ryan Cowden to be the team’s vice president of player personnel. He previously worked with Vrabel in Tennessee. The team also hired John Streicher to be their vice president of football operations and strategy.
This year also saw the departure of pro scouting director Pat Stewart, who became the general manager at Nebraska. He was replaced by A.J. Highsmith. The Patriots front office still has several holdovers in executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and director of player personnel Matt Groh.
Last week, Vrabel was asked if he expected more turnover in the front office.
“We’re going to continue to try to add players that are going to help us. We’re going to try to continue to add coaches that can help us potentially, and I would say that we’re going to probably try to do the same in the personnel department,” Vrabel said. “So, anybody that can help us and we feel like can help us ultimately win, we’re going to try to do that at every level throughout the program.”