Report: Pats director of scouting Wolf to run personnel department

New England Patriots director of scouting Eliot Wolf will take control of the personnel department and the 53-man roster, sources told Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

Wolf will work closely with head coach Jerod Mayo, Rapoport added. A specific title for the 41-year-old's role has yet to be reported.

The Patriots are also finalizing a deal to bring in the University of Miami's general manager of football operations, Alonzo Highsmith, as an executive in the personnel department, a source told Chad Graff, Manny Navarro, and Bruce Feldman of The Athletic.

Highsmith was an executive in the Seattle Seahawks' personnel department from 2020-22 and was the vice president of player personnel for the Cleveland Browns from 2018-19.

The Patriots hired Wolf in 2020 as a scouting consultant after he spent two years as Browns assistant general manager. Wolf was named Patriots director of scouting two years after joining the organization.

Wolf and Highsmith worked together in Cleveland and with the Green Bay Packers' personnel department from 2012-17.

Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was also the general manager for 23 years before parting ways with the organization in January.

New England has $66 million in cap space, according to Over The Cap, and the No. 3 overall pick in the upcoming draft.