Michigan Football hiring co-founder of AI scouting platform as assistant GM
Longtime NFL scout and co-founder of Scout Smarter AI, Chris Pettit, is set to join Michigan Football’s as its assistant general manager, working directly with general manager Dave Peloquin:
ANN ARBOR, MI - OCTOBER 04: A Michigan cheerleader runs up the field with a Michigan Block "M" logo flag before the start of a regular season Big Ten Conference college football game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Michigan Wolverines on October 4, 2025 at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Michigan Wolverines have reportedly added another experienced name to their recruiting department, as Michigan is hiring longtime NFL scout Chris Pettit to be the program’s assistant general manager.
This was first reported by 247Sports on Monday evening. Michigan has finalized a deal to hire former New York #Giants director of college scouting Chris Pettit as an assistant general manager, sources tell @TremendousUM and me. Worked for the Giants for nearly two decades and was part of two Giants Super Bowl wins.
pic. twitter. com/IDSt0BOSbu — Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) March 23, 2026 Pettit has extensive professional scouting experience, having spent more than 20 years in the NFL with the New York Giants, including as the Giants’ director of college scouting.
During his time there, Pettit played a big role in building two Super Bowl-winning teams, helping identify and evaluate talent at the highest level. He has also spent time outside of a traditional team personnel role. Pettit is the chief operating officer and a co-founder of Scout Smarter AI , an “AI-powered, patented talent evaluation platform built by NFL executives” that claims to “boost productivity, elevate decision-making, and gain the competitive edge” by generate scouting reports and collecting data on players, player analysis and comparison and performance prediction models, to name a few.