{"id":885716,"date":"2026-05-08T12:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/885716\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:27:21","slug":"washington-commanders-hire-new-director-of-college-scouting-from-49ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/885716\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Commanders hire new Director of College Scouting from 49ers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL draft is over and the Washington Commanders<\/a> have reportedly made a big hire as the cycle moves on t0 2027 and beyond. Tim Gribble had been Washington\u2019s director of college scouting for 6 years and was part of the front office for almost 25 years. He left 3 months ago to join the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>, and has now been replaced by Ryan Kessenich, and area scout from the 49ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adam Peters was the 49ers vice president of player personnel when Kessenich was hired as a college scout in 2019. Peters was promoted to assistant GM two years later and worked with him for another three years before getting hired as the Commanders GM in 2024. The scouting department has seen some changes since Peters\u2019 arrival, but this is the most significant hire so far. Kessenich will be in charge of finding the talent that will continue to build the franchise.<\/p>\n

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The Commanders are in the third season under Adam Peters, and he just completed his third draft for the franchise. Next year, the Commanders will have their full slate of draft picks, and will be picking lower than this year\u2019s No. 7 overall. Kessenitch will be a important leader for the scouting department under GM Adam Peters.<\/p>\n

Career TimelineWashington Redskins<\/p>\n

Pro Scouting Assistant \u2013 May 2005 \u2013 Feb 2006<\/p>\n

Northwestern University<\/p>\n

Director of Player Development and Player Personnel \u2013 Jun 2006 \u2013 May 2009<\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

Midwest College Scout \u2013 May 2009 \u2013 May 2013<\/p>\n

Chicago Bears<\/a><\/p>\n

National Scout \u2013 May 2015 \u2013 May 2018<\/p>\n

Pro \/ College Scout \u2013 May 2013 \u2013 May 2015<\/p>\n

Northwestern University<\/p>\n

Football Consultant\/Advance Scout \u2013 Aug 2018 \u2013 May 2019<\/p>\n

Reese\u2019s Senior Bowl<\/p>\n

Scout \u2013 Aug 2018 \u2013 May 2019<\/p>\n

San Francisco 49ers<\/p>\n

College scout \u2013 May 2019 \u2013 May 2026<\/p>\n

Washington Commanders<\/p>\n

Director of College Scouting \u2013 May 2026 \u2013 Present<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL draft is over and the Washington Commanders have reportedly made a big hire as the cycle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2069],"tags":[220,4141,391,346,119467,427,7,119442,6,57,119439,102258,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-885716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-adam-peters","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chiefs","12":"tag-college-scout","13":"tag-commanders","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-kessenich","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","18":"tag-ryan-kessenich","19":"tag-tim-gribble","20":"tag-washington","21":"tag-washington-commanders","22":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116538955773779295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}