Les Snead named Falcons’ director of player personnel

The Falcons named Les Snead to the new position of Director of Player Personnel Tuesday. Snead, in his 11th season with the team, will evaluate all available free agents. He also will oversee college and pro scouting.

“Les continues to distinguish himself as an adept evaluator in our business,” Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a statement. “His work ethic, critical evaluation, and detailed oriented approach to all aspects of personnel clearly set him apart. Les will oversee our Player Personnel department and work closely with Lionel Vital [assistant director of Pro Personnel] in determining our club’s direction in the areas of adding veteran players to our football team. Both Les and Lionel are extremely critical to the overall success of our organization, and I look forward to continuing to work very closely with both of them.”