Keith Kidd is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 scout, currently serving as director of pro scouting for the Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 of the National Football League

National Football League

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. After graduating from Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University

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, Kidd spent eight years in the scouting department of the Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

, before moving to the Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

 as their director of pro personnel from 1999

1999 Cleveland Browns season

The 1999 Cleveland Browns season marked the team's return to the National Football League after a three-year absence. The 1999 season also marked the return of football to the city of Cleveland for the first time since the 1995 season.-Season information:...

 through 2001

2001 Cleveland Browns season

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. He then spent three years with the New England Patriots

New England Patriots

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 as their assistant director of pro scouting prior to becoming a columnist for ESPN.com

ESPN.com

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 and an NFL scout for ESPN

ESPN

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's scouting organization, Scouts, Inc. He left ESPN in February 2009 to serve as the Broncos' director of pro scouting.

External links

• ESPN.com/Scouts, Inc. Biography