Phil Savage is back in the NFL.

The Mobile native, who was most recently the GM of the Arizona Hotshots of the now-folded Alliance of American Football, was named a New York Jets senior advisor Wednesday.

“I’m very thankful for this new assignment with the New York Jets,” Savage told AL.com on Wednesday night. “General manager Joe Douglas and I got back nearly 20 years to our Baltimore Ravens’ days, and I am so honored to be a part of his first staff.”

Savage, who was the executive director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl from 2012-2018 and was also a color analyst for the Crimson Tide Sports Network, was Douglas’ boss with the Baltimore Ravens as the director of college scouting and director of player personnel from 2000-2004 before becoming Cleveland’s general manager in 2005.

“I believe my best football is still ahead of me and am hopeful that I can make a positive contribution to the organization and team,” Savage said.

Jim Nagy, the executive director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl, said the move makes sense for both Savage and the Jets.

“At the end of the day, you’re an evaluator,” said Nagy, who joined me and Lee Shirvanian on Wednesday during “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5. “You’re a high-paid scout. You don’t do anything except football. Now that Joe is in that general manager role he’ll be doing 80 percent of other things and 20 percent football. His role will flip.

“Phil’s been exposed to all the media, public speaking, the business aspect, so there will be pitfalls that Phil will help Joe avoid. That’s huge.”

The Jets also announced Douglas hired Rex Hogan as assistant general manager and Chad Alexander as director of player personnel. Douglas also promoted Greg Nejmeh to director of pro personnel, Dan Zbojovsky to director of personnel operations and Kevin Murphy to assistant director of pro scouting, and added Chris Nolan to the staff as a college scout.

“I am excited to add these four talented men to our group,” Douglas said in a release on New York Jets’ web site. “They will help us find the right players as we continue to develop our culture. You need to build depth in an organization at all spots and that includes the front office. Greg, Dan and Kevin are bright football minds who I’m happy to work alongside. We have a lot of good people here and this is only going to help us collectively move forward.”

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.