Howie Roseman Howard " Howie " Roseman ( born June 23 , 1975 ) is the general manager for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League . , Roseman is the youngest general manager in the NFL . Early years . Roseman , who is Jewish , was born in Brooklyn , New York on June 23 , 1975 . He grew up in Marlboro Township , New Jersey , and later graduated Marlboro High School . Since Howie was 6 years old he has been obsessed with football . He sat in his bedroom conducting fantasy drafts and player moves for years during his childhood as if he was a General Manager . Roseman would read every story and buy every magazine and watch everything that he could about football . Howie Roseman never played in a football game . He was not allowed to play . He begged to play and his Mother would not sign the permission slip - he only weighed 125 pounds when he was a senior at Marlbor High School . Roseman is a life long New York Jets Fan and his goal in life was to be General Manager of the team . All the NFL teams began getting letters from Roseman while he was still in high school in Marlboro , N . J . , in Monmouth County . His persistence stepped up when he was an undergraduate at the University of Florida through his time at Fordham Law . Roseman would study the bios of NFL front - office personnel , looking for anybody who might provide an in . At the faintest pulse of interest , he ' d call administrative assistants , getting to know several by name . Roseman ' s job inquiries had gone largely unacknowledged , even unnoticed . While the rest of the NFL ignored Roseman , Mike Tannenbaum , the pro personnel director of the Jets , spoke to him . He explained why : " I ' ve got five minutes . The only reason I ' m even going to spend five minutes . . . I look at my resumé file , I have 20 letters from you , and every time I send you a rejection , you ' d send a thank you for the rejection . " Roseman ' s perseverance got him noticed behind the closed doors , at least a couple of them . Whether this was a positive development was still to be determined . Roseman had become kind of a running joke between a couple of NFL executives , Banner of the Eagles and Tannenbaum of the Jets . " Could somebody be that persistent and be normal ? " Tannenbaum , now the Jets ' general manager , said recently , thinking back to Roseman ' s job hunt . Banner had the same question . " Was this guy the most persistent guy in the history of America or was he crazy ? " Banner said , saying that Roseman ' s letters seemed to be coming in daily . " Should we stay away from him , or should one of us interview him ? " In 1999 , Tannenbaum ' s curiosity finally got the better of him . The Jets had an entry - level opening in player personnel . Tannenbaum , then VP of personnel , decided to interview Roseman . " I remember Mike called me up one day , " Banner said . " We had agreed . You know what , we think he ' s crazy . But Mike said , ' You won ' t even believe this . I ' ve got an opening , and I ' ve decided I ' m going to meet this guy . I ' ve just got to see what he ' s like . ' " " Do it where there are a lot of people around , " Banner joked to Tannenbaum . After finishing law school , Roseman took ( and passed ) the bar in New York and New Jersey – his deal with his parents as an insurance policy in case football didn ’ t work out . But he didn ’ t apply for any jobs outside of football . Philadelphia Eagles . Roseman was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as an unpaid intern to work on salary cap issues in 2000 . He was promoted to director of football administration in 2003 . He was promoted to vice president of football administration in 2006 . He was promoted to vice president of player personnel on May 30 , 2008 . He was promoted to general manager on January 29 , 2010 after Tom Heckert was hired by the Cleveland Browns in the same role . Although Roseman has the title of general manager , he worked mainly in an advisory role to head coach Andy Reid , who had the final say in football matters . In November 6 , 2012 , Roseman was given a contract extension . The contract was extended at least four years . Since taking over as General Manager The Philadelphia Eagles record is as follows - 2010 10 Wins - 6 Losses 2011 8 Wins - 8 Losses 2012 4 Wins - 12 Losses