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| Marc Ross |
Marc
Ross is in his fifth season as the Giants’ Director of College
Scouting. Ross is in charge of the Giants’ college scouting
department and the team’s draft.
He joined the organization on May
18, 2007 and ran his first organizational draft the next year, when
the Giants selected Kenny Phillips, Terrell Thomas and Mario
Manningham, among others.
Ross
came to the Giants from the Buffalo Bills, for whom he spent three
seasons as a national college scout.
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Ross’
first NFL job was as a public relations training camp intern with the
Giants in 1995. After leaving camp, Ross worked in Columbia
University’s athletics department.
Ross
returned to the NFL with the Eagles’ personnel department during
the club’s 1996 training camp. He was the team’s eastern regional
scout from 1997 until 2000, when, at age 27, he became the NFL’s
youngest college scouting director. During his tenure in
Philadelphia, Ross was responsible for drafting such outstanding NFL
Players as Brian Westbrook, Lito Sheppard and Derrick Burgess.
After
seven years with the Eagles’ organization, Ross joined the Bills in
the spring of 2004 as a national college scout.
Ross
was an All-Ivy League wide receiver at Princeton in 1993 and 94. He
holds five school records, including one as a receiver (a 20.2-yard
average per catch in 1993) and four as a punt returner (most career
returns, 74; most career return yards, 696; most returns in a season,
32 in 1994 and most yards in a game, 161 on six returns vs. Cornell
in 1994).
Ross
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Princeton and a
master’s degree in sport management from the University of
Massachusetts in 1997.
A
native of Sharon Hill, Penn., Ross and his wife, Pualani, have a
daughter, Skylar, who was born in 2006.
Below is an article (New York Post) from February indicating Ross's impact on the Giants Organization
Ross’ loss gain for Giants
Last Updated:8:13 AM, February 5, 2012
Posted:12:12 AM, February 5, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Marc Ross has interviewed for general manager positions with the Seahawks, the Colts and the Bears. He has not landed any of those jobs, a fact which doesn’t exactly upset the Giants, who still employ Ross as their director of college scouting.
“Selfishly, we’re happy he’s staying with us,” Giants GM Jerry Reese said, “but I think some people missed out on a great opportunity for a very good GM candidate with Marc Ross.”
Reese enters tonight's Super Bowl XLVI against the Patriots with a chance to earn his second championship ring in the five years he has been on the job, so he merits plenty of credit. But Reese praised his staff up and down this week in Indianapolis, and the 38-year-old Princeton-educated Ross is a large part of the Giants’ success.
Ross has overseen the Giants’ draft since 2008, and has secured the likes of Jason Pierre-Paul and Hakeem Nicks, for starters, along with Mario Manningham, Terrell Thomas, Kenny Phillips, Linval Joseph, Will Beatty, Jonathan Goff and Jacquian Williams.
By the way, those are just some of Ross’ picks — and all of this is in just the pastfourdrafts.
“We have a great group of scouts, and those guys bust their butt to go out on the road. Anytime you hit on a pick, it feels great,” said Ross, who also found Brian Westbrook when he was the Eagles’ director of college scouting. “We go into each draft just feeling like, ‘Hey, we’re just going to find guys that help us out and take the best player available. Of course, it feels a lot better than missing on guys. It feels good.”
What doesn’t feel great is coming up short in the GM derbies he has been a part of. But Ross hardly views being at Super Bowl XLVI as a consolation prize.
“This is the best,” he said. “If you had to give me the choice: Get the GM job or win the Super Bowl, I’m taking win the Super Bowl every day of the week.
“Of course, going through the process, I want to be the guy that comes out on top and gets the job, but I feel confident that my time will come. And if not, I’m with a great organization. I love being here, I love working for the Giants, I love working for John Mara and Jerry Reese. I’m happy.”
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