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Washington hires a new Director of Player Development

According to Aaron Wilson, a beat reporter for the Houston Texans, Washington is hiring the Texans’ “Character Coach/Director of Team Development,” Dylan Thompson as their next Director of Player Development.

This is the role vacated by Malcom Blacken earlier in the year.

#Commanders are hiring former Texans coach Dylan Thompson to be their next Director of Player Development, per @AaronWilson_NFL.

CJ Stroud highly praises Thompson: “I think I grew tremendously man…Dylan is one of the best human beings that I’ve ever met in my life”. pic.twitter.com/lgCbN9zdcm— brandon (@JayDanielsMVP) June 10, 2024

Thompson began his NFL career as an undrafted QB for the 49ers in 2015, spending time briefly with the Rams in 2016 and 2017.