Jon Carr enters his ninth season with the New York Jets and his second as senior personnel, special projects, following one season as co-director, player personnel.

Throughout his time with the team, Carr has assisted with the entire draft process, including draft meetings, the scouting combine, pro days and all-star games, as well as scouting staff evaluations. He has overseen the college scouting process, working closely on the organization and the assessment of national and area scouts for their school visit responsibilities.

This offseason (2026), Carr was part of a personnel staff that delivered three first round picks for just the third time in franchise history, with the selections of EDGE David Bailey, tight end Kenyon Sadiq, and wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr.

Prior to joining the Jets, Carr spent 11 seasons with the Houston Texans, the last three as their director of college scouting. He previously served as a national and college scout with Houston.

Before that, Carr worked as the wide receivers coach at the University of Toledo (2005-06), part of a staff that won the 2005 GMAC Bowl. He was the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Eastern Illinois (2003-04) after he began his college coaching career at Tennessee State, first as an assistant coach (1997-99) and later as the offensive coordinator (2000-02). During his time, the school won back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference Championships (1998 & 1999).

During the summer of 2002, Carr was a member of the Oakland Raiders staff as part of the NFL Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship. He participated in the 2006 NCAA Expert Coach's Academy in Miami, the NFL Stanford Program for Managers at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2012, and the 2018 NFL Career Development Symposium. He has also worked with the National Football League Properties as the program coordinator for Chicago and Detroit summer youth inner-city football camps. Most recently, Carr participated in the 2024 NFL Accelerator Program at the annual owners meetings.

Carr played quarterback at Southeast Missouri State from 1987-89 before transferring to Purdue, where he earned a degree in law and society in 1991.

Carr has one son, Corbyn, and two daughters, Kennedy and Kayla.