Who’s Alec Halaby? The NFL might soon find out about the Eagles’ assistant GM

In general manager searches, Alec Halaby tends to be labeled on the outside as an “analytics'' candidate. He went to Harvard, but he didn’t play with Ryan Fitzpatrick in the Ivy League. He’s been a panelist at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. And he received his start with the Eagles in a data-based role. 
But Halaby’s title as “assistant general manager” is literal — he assists in generally managing the entire operation. If Howie Roseman is a two-time executive year of the year for putting together Super Bowl rosters, then it’s fair to say the scope of Halaby’s current role in Philadelphia would closely mirror Roseman’s role.
“So the bulk of my time is spent on personnel wit...