Brian Hudspeth enters his 24th NFL season and seventh with the Lions after joining the club in 2018. The 2023 season marked his first season as the team's Director of College Scouting after most recently working as the Assistant Director of College Scouting for one season. Hudspeth originally came to Detroit as a National Scout with the organization.
Prior to the Lions, Hudspeth spent nine seasons as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' personnel department, where he served as a college scout (2009-11, 2014-18) covering the Southwest and Southeast regions. He also worked as a national scout (2012-13) for Tampa Bay, where he was responsible for cross-checking the entire country with an emphasis on the Southern half of the United States.
Hudspeth spent five seasons (2004-08) with the Houston Texans before joining the Buccaneers. He served as a college scout from 2006-08, covering the Southeast and Southwest regions while cross-checking the Mid-Atlantic. Prior to his appointment to that position, he served as a pro and college scouting assistant for Houston from 2004-05. He originally joined the Texans after working for the Atlanta Falcons in the player personnel department for three seasons (2001-03). Working as a scouting intern in 2001, followed by a scouting assistant in 2002, Hudspeth served as a player personnel/football systems analyst through May 2004.
Before joining the NFL, Hudspeth served on the football operations staff at the University of Tennessee from 1998-2001. He was a graduate assistant on the 1998 Volunteers staff that won the first-ever BCS National Championship, 1998 SEC Championship and 1999 Fiesta Bowl with a perfect 13-0 record. As a member of the Volunteers, Hudspeth was also a part of the 2000 Fiesta Bowl and 2001 Cotton Bowl. He arrived at Tennessee after spending the 1996-97 seasons as an intern assistant coach at Petal (Mississippi) High School.
A New Albany, Miss., native, Hudspeth earned his master's degree from the University of Tennessee in 1999 and bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1997. He is married to his wife, Rose, and the couple has one son, Joseph.
