The Detroit Lions have a new general manager: Los Angeles Rams director of college scouting Brad Holmes.
The Lions reached agreement on a five-year contract with Holmes after interviewing him for a second time Wednesday, a source told the Free Press on Thursday. ESPN was first to report the news.
Holmes, the nephew of former Lions' first-round pick Luther Bradley, spent his entire NFL career with the Rams. He started with the organization as a public relations intern in 2003, joined the scouting department as an intern months later and worked his way into position to run the team's past eight drafts.