George Paton is a prominent American football executive born on May 5, 1970. He is best known as the general manager of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
Prior to working with the Denver Broncos, he served as the assistant general manager and vice president of player personnel for the Minnesota Vikings. Paton also served the Vikings in various executive roles for 14 seasons.
He started his NFL career as a scout for the Chicago Bears before serving as the director of pro personnel for the Miami Dolphins from 2001 to 2006 and joining the Vikings in 2007. He played college football at UCLA and later professionally in Europe in the Austrian Football League and Italian Football League.
George Paton is a native of La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States. In his high school journey, he played quarterback at Loyola High School (Los Angeles), and was a four-year letter winner at defensive back for UCLA from 1988 to 1991, being a part of a pair of Bruin bowl teams. While at UCLA, Paton earned a bachelor’s degree in history.
Paton played in the Italian Football League in 1992 then in 1993 played in the Austrian Football League with the Vienna Vikings. The team reached the semi-finals of the league playoffs.
In 1997, George Paton began his executive career with the Chicago Bears in their scouting and personnel department, eventually rising up to the position of assistant director of pro personnel in 2000. In 2001, Paton was hired by the Miami Dolphins as their director of pro personnel.
In 2007, he was hired as the director of player personnel for the Minnesota Vikings, reuniting with the Vikings vice president of player personnel, Rick Spielman, who worked with Paton in Miami and Chicago. When Spielman was promoted to the Vikings general manager in 2012, Paton was promoted to assistant general manager. In 2019, Paton was given an additional role as vice president of player personnel.
George Paton Salary: How Much Denver Broncos’s General Manager Earns?
George Paton’s salary per month and other winning bonuses are over $400,000 monthly. He has an annual income that exceeds $1 million. Furthermore, since January 12, 2021, Paton has been the general manager of Denver Broncos. A position, he still holds as of October 2023.