Maya Ana Callender Named New England Patriots' Scouting Assistant

Maya Ana Callender

Photo by: JRM1030

Maya Ana Callender Named New England Patriots' Scouting Assistant

May 24, 2023 | Football

PRINCETON – Maya Ana Callender has been hired by the New England Patriots as a scouting assistant.

According to ESPN, Callender is believed to be the first full-time female scout in Patriots' history.

Callender was responsible for internal and external aspects of the Princeton football program. Her work touched key areas such as team travel, team communication, player engagement, recruiting, alumni relations, compliance and camps. She was also a liasion with the team and NFL scouts.

Callender was one of 40 women chosen for the 2020 NFL Women in Career's Football Forum and selected to participate in the 2021-22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Women's Summit for Careers in Football. She also completed a training camp football operations rotational internship with the Philadelphia Eagles, where she worked with internal operations and personnel staff. The former Tiger Director of Football Operations was named a 2022 Nunn Wooten Scouting Fellow for the Buccaneers.