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2011 SEASON
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TOM TELESCO
VICE PRESIDENT OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
Tom Telesco enters his 15th season with the Colts and his first as the team’s vice president
of football operations. He was promoted to his new role on February 8, 2012. In his previous
14 seasons, Telesco served as the director of player personnel (2006-2011), director of pro
scouting (2004-2005), pro scout (2001-2003) and area scout (1998-2000). In 1995, Telesco
began his NFL career as a scouting assistant for the Carolina Panthers. He served in that role
for two seasons before becoming an area scout in 1997. Telesco also worked as a summer
intern for the Buffalo Bills (1991-1994). He played wide receiver for John Carroll University and was a starter on the Blue
Streak Ohio Athletic Conference title team in 1994. Telesco graduated the following year with a business management
degree. He was born on December 12, 1972 in Buffalo, N.Y. and is married to the former Larah Connolly of Queensbury,
N.Y. Tom and Larah reside in Carmel with their children, Elena, Thomas and Nicholas.
MIKE BLUEM
DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATION
Mike Bluem enters his first season with the Indianapolis Colts as the team’s director of football
administration. The 2012 campaign will also mark his 18th season in the NFL. Bluem’s
primary responsibilities include negotiating player contracts as well as managing the salary
cap and player budgets. He is also responsible for keeping the club in compliance with the
Collective Bargaining Agreement and NFL player personnel rules. Bluem previously spent 17
years with the Denver Broncos beginning as an intern in college scouting in 1995. He served
as the college scouting assistant before being named coordinator of college scouting operations in 2000. Bluem took
on additional responsibilities with the salary cap in 2001 when he was named coordinator of football administration, a
position he held until 2005 when he was promoted to director of football administration. A native of Lewisville, Texas,
Bluem earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management from Liberty University in 1995. He resides in Carmel with his
wife, Shelley, and the two have six-year-old twins, Zackary and Kylie.
T.J. McCREIGHT
DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE SCOUTING
T.J. McCreight joins the Colts after spending the last three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals
where he served as the director of pro personnel. In addition to leading the pro personnel
department, he assisted in pro scouting, advance scouting of opponents and unrestricted
free agents. Prior to starting in Arizona in March of 2009, McCreight was with the Cleveland
Browns for four years (2005-2008), including the final two seasons as the director of player
personnel. He started his scouting career with the Baltimore Ravens where he spent eight
seasons (1997-2004) as the team’s national scout (2003-2004) and east coast area scout (1997-2002). McCreight
graduated from Liberty University where he competed as a tight end. He began his coaching career as the receivers
coach at Oberlin College in 1993 and then worked four seasons as the defensive line coach at Delaware State University.
McCreight and his wife, Linda, have one son, Matthew, and one daughter, Maggie.
KEVIN ROGERS
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PRO PERSONNEL
Kevin Rogers is in his 12th season with the Colts and his third as associate director of pro
personnel. Rogers initially joined the Colts as an operations intern during the 2001 training
camp. He was a scouting assistant from 2001-2005 and a pro scout from 2006-2009.
Rogers graduated from Villanova University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in finance and
was a quarterback on the Wildcats’ football team. His father, Kevin Rogers Sr., is currently the
associate head coach / quarterbacks coach at Temple University, and his sister, Megan, is the
director, legal affairs for the Cleveland Browns. Rogers was born on February 3, 1979 in Columbus, Ohio, and is married
to the former Danielle Klinger of McVeytown, Pa. They reside in Carmel with their son, Grady, and daughter, Lucille.
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