When Kyle Smith jumped to the Falcons, he brought a wealth of college scouting experience to a front office run by a pro personnel guru in Terry Fontenot. A scout from 2011-2016 with Washington, Smith climbed to director of college personnel from 2017 to 2019 and was the team’s vice president of player personnel in 2020 before being pushed out and landing in Atlanta.
Everything we know about Smith suggests he’s a major piece of this front office now, as this excellent Scott Bair profile outlines. It’s also likely worth scrutinizing his ties to Washington’s 2022 crop of free agents—at least the ones he had a hand in drafting or bringing in as undrafted free agents—because he was undoubtedly instrumental in bringing Fabian Moreau to town last year after drafting him with the Football Team.