The Detroit Lions have promoted Brian Hudspeth to director of college scouting, a league source confirmed to The Detroit News on Friday.
Hudspeth joined the Lions in 2018 and was a national scout through last season, where he took on the role of assistant director of college scouting. He takes over the role left behind by Dave Sears, who took a role with the Arizona Cardinals this offseason.
He previously spent nine years as a scout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2009-18) and five with the Houston Texans (2004-08). He got his start with the Atlanta Falcons in 2001 as a scouting intern and spent three seasons there (2001-03).