Las Vegas adds well-respected scout who had been in Philadelphia since 2002
The Las Vegas Raiders announced they’re hiring Anthony Patch as a senior personnel executive on Monday. Patch was previously the Philadelphia Eagles’ longest-tenured scouting staff member, per Jeff McLane of The Philadelphia Inquirer, and most recently served as the Eagles’ director of college scouting.
Anthony Patch has joined the Las Vegas Raiders as a Senior Personnel Executive.https://t.co/zObXK1C0Ek
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) May 5, 2025
While plenty of scouts and front office members will be on the move in the coming days, and some already have landed new jobs, this addition is significant for the Raiders. Patch projects to be a major boost to the scouting department as he was a prominent fixture in the Super Bowl Champion’s front office, according to Lane.
“[Patch] did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Eagles declined to comment, but a source said that the team was sad to see Patch go but understood that taking what amounted to a promotion with the Raiders was best for him professionally and personally,” Lane wrote.
“…Patch may not be familiar to many outside the NovaCare Complex, but he has been one of general manager Howie Roseman’s most trusted aides and has been a key figure in the Eagles’ recent drafting success.”
Philadelphia has become known for finding gems in the draft over the last few years, which the director of college scouting obviously played a significant role in. For example, 16 starters from the Eagles’ Super Bowl roster were drafted by the club. Also, that doesn’t include linebacker Nakobe Dean, who was injured for the big game, and defensive lineman Brandon Graham, who was coming off an injury and didn’t start in the contest.
Additionally, Patch played a significant role in putting together Philly’s 2017 Championship squad, as he was named the Eagles’ director of college scouting the previous year.
Patch is connected to Raiders’ general manager John Spytek. Those two worked together as young scouts in Philadelphia from 2005 to 2009, and the Eagles made the playoffs three times in those five years.
The Raiders provided more information on the new senior personnel executive’s background, as seen below.
Patch comes to Las Vegas from the Philadelphia Eagles, where he was a part of two Super Bowl Championship teams. He most recently served as the team’s senior director of college scouting since 2016 and previously held the titles of director of college scouting (2012-15), assistant director of college scouting (2010-11), West Coast Area scout (2003-09) and college scouting coordinator (2002).
Prior to joining the Eagles, he began working in the NFL in 2001 as an intern in the Miami Dolphins’ personnel department. Patch was a four-year player at defensive line and linebacker at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, where he earned a degree in finance before going on to earn an MBA from the University of Montana in 2001.
