Brian Shields enters his 12th season with the New York Jets and his second as player personnel research & analytics. Shields assumed his role ahead of the 2025 season following five years as director, football analytics.

In his role, Shields performs special research projects designed to help optimize the club's player acquisition, roster building, and decision-making strategies. His work includes examining league trends, analyzing and evaluating players, and identifying opportunities to best improve the roster.

Shields served as the Jets' football analytics department head for a total of seven seasons from 2018-24, spending the first two years as a senior manager before his promotion to director in 2020. In addition to leading the department, Shields also took on traditional scouting assignments and worked closely with the defensive coaching staff on gameday.

Before transitioning to analytics, Shields spent his first three seasons with the Jets as a college area scout covering the west region.

Prior to joining the Jets, Shields spent a total of six seasons working in several roles for the St. Louis Rams, finishing as their west coast area scout from 2013-15. As a player personnel analyst in 2012, he worked in a dual pro and college scouting role.

Shields graduated from Princeton University in 2007, where he played wide receiver on the football team and competed as a sprinter for the track team. He received his MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine in 2011.