Brian McLaughlin enters his eighth season with the Buccaneers in 2021 and his fourth as the team's NFS/Combine Scout. He spent the previous two seasons (2016-17) working as a scouting assistant after having been a team operations assistant the prior two years (2014-15).
In his current role, McLaughlin covers colleges in the southeast and is evaluating players, gathering information and building reports on behalf of National Football Scouting and the Buccaneers. He will also assist with the NFL Combine, Reese's Senior Bowl and the East-West Shrine Game.
As a scouting assistant, McLaughlin was responsible for college and pro player evaluations, database management, as well as assisting with day-to-day operations in the personnel department.
A Buccaneers team operations intern during the 2012 season, McLaughlin spent the 2013 season as the Assistant Director of Football Operations and Recruiting Coordinator at Florida International University. He also served as the Player Personnel Coordinator for the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League in 2014, before returning to Tampa Bay. McLaughlin also held internships with the Indianapolis Colts (2011) and Cleveland Browns (2010).
A native of Norwalk, Ohio, McLaughlin graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in sports administration and received the program's 'Most Outstanding Student' award. He currently resides in Tampa.
