Zach Truty enters his seventh season with the Jets and fifth as a player personnel executive, after initially serving as a national scout. Prior to joining the Jets, he spent three seasons with the Chicago Bears as an area scout (2012-14). Before that, he was the recruiting coordinator for Eastern Michigan's football program.

Truty began his career in professional football as an intern for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2006) before interning with the Detroit Lions (2008-09) and later serving as the director of player personnel for the Arizona Rattlers (AFL) (2011). As a student at the University of Michigan, he interned in both the recruiting and sports information departments, earning his BA in 2008.