Mike Maccagnan

Mike Maccagnan fired six employees after the draft. (AP Photo | Julio Cortez)

With the NFL Draft complete, Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan has fired his director of pro personnel, Brendan Prophett.

Maccagnan also fired five college scouts: Rick Courtright, David Hinson, Cole Hufnagel, Chris Prescott and Seth Turner.

"I appreciate their contributions to the organization and wish them the best in the future," Maccagnan said of the fired employees.

Prophett's firing was first reported by Brian Costello of the New York Post.

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Prophett is a New Jersey native. He grew up in Hamilton, near Trenton, and graduated from Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville.

Prophett had been with the Jets since 2000 and was about to begin his ninth season as director of pro personnel.

Prophett's future with the Jets seemed uncertain this offseason, after Maccagnan hired Rams scout Brian Heimerdinger as his director of player personnel. It wasn't the same job title as Prophett's, but the roles appeared similar.

New GMs like Maccagnan typically wait until after the draft to make sweeping staff changes like these, so the timing of the firings is not surprising.

Shortly after Maccagnan took over as GM this offseason, he fired the two most senior members of the Jets' college scouting department, Terry Bradway and Jeff Bauer. Maccagnan brought in Rex Hogan, a national scout for the Bears, to serve as his director of college scouting.

Maccagnan has an extensive scouting background, having served as the Texans' college scouting director before being hired by the Jets. And now, he wants to put his own stamp on the Jets' pro and college scouting departments.

The only top members of the Jets' front office who remain from former general manager John Idzik's two seasons with the organization are Rod Graves and Jacqueline Davidson.

They handle player contract and salary cap matters. Graves' title is senior director of football administration, while Davidson's is manager of football administration. Those are the same titles they had under Idzik.

Graves has experience with contract negotiations and salary cap management because he was the Cardinals' GM from 2007-12.

Among the fired scouts, Hufnagel joined the Jets in 2006 (under GM Mike Tannenbaum), moved into pro personnel in 2007 and became a college area scout after the 2012 draft.

Courtright, Hinson and Prescott were hired by Idzik as college scouts in 2013, the year Idzik arrived. Turner (another Idzik hire) joined the Jets as a college scout last year.

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