OCBS SPORTS: Jets hire Darren Mougey as general manager: Ex-Broncos executive joins Aaron Glenn in New York.

The New York Jets have found their new general manager, hiring Denver Broncos deputy general manager Darren Mougey to fill the position, the organisation announced on Saturday. “Darren is a trusted NFL executive who has experience working with an impressive collection of football leaders,” Jets owner Woody Johnson said in a statement. “He is an experienced talent evaluator who wowed us with his vision for this club. His collaboration with Coach Glenn will revitalise the organisation. I am proud of the extensive search we conducted, which led us to the two best candidates to lead our football team moving ahead.”

Mougey succeeds Joe Douglas, who was fired during the 2024 season alongside previous head coach Robert Saleh and former offensive Nathaniel Hackett. The Jets signed former Detroit Lions defensive coordinator (and New York Jets defensive back) Aaron Glenn as head coach earlier this week, and Glenn and Mougey will now collaborate to lead the Jets’ new era of football. “It is one of the great honours and privileges of my life to serve as the general manager of the New York Jets,” he added. “I’d like to thank Mr. Johnson for this duty, which I don’t take lightly. I couldn’t be more excited to work with Coach Glenn to construct a championship team that will make Jets fans proud.”

Mougey was a former wide receiver at San Diego State, where he was a college teammate of Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell. He went undrafted in 2009 and spent two years on the Falcons and Cardinals’ practice squads before joining the Broncos as a scouting intern in 2012.

Mougey worked his way up through Denver’s personnel department, holding positions such as Personnel and Scouting Assistant, College and Pro Personnel Scout, Area Scout, Assistant Director of College Scouting, Director of Player Personnel, and Assistant General Manager, which he has held for the past four years. According to NFL Media, Mougey has served as a “sounding board” for Broncos coach Sean Payton since his arrival in Denver, giving him a connection to Glenn. Glenn worked as the defensive backs coach for the New Orleans Saints under Payton before joining Detroit. According to ESPN, Glenn was also in the meeting as part of Denver’s search committee when the club interviewed Glenn for its head coaching vacancy back in 2022. Fast forward a few years later and the two unite in East Rutherford.

At 39 years old, Mougey becomes the third-youngest general manager in the NFL, only looking up to Cleveland’s Andrew Berry (youngest) and Chicago’s Ryan Poles.

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