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Vikings hire former Colts GM Ryan Grigson for 'senior role' in personnel department

By Victor Barbosa | Last updated 2/9/22

The Minnesota Vikings hired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as general manager last month and are now working on filling out his staff. One of the newest members of the team's front office is a face Adofo-Mensah is plenty familiar with.

The #Vikings will determine the full structure of their personnel department under new GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah after the draft. Ryan Grigson, along with co-directors of player personnel Ryan Monnens and Jamaal Stephenson, all expected to have big roles. https://t.co/ds1MnsCAex
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) February 9, 2022

Prior to his gigs with the Browns and Seahawks, Grigson served as the Colts GM from 2012 to 2016. During his tenure in Indianapolis, the team posted a 49-31 record in the regular season and a 3-3 mark in the playoffs.

The Colts earned postseason berths in 2012, 2013 and 2014, advancing one round further each time. They fell in the wild-card round in 2012, the divisional round in 2013 and the AFC Championship Game in 2014.

Adofo-Mensah spent the last two seasons with the Browns and was with the San Francisco 49ers prior to that. The 40-year-old served as the Niners' manager of football research and development from 2013 to 2016 and then was the team's director of football research and development from 2017 to 2019.

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