"Owner Jim Irsay has turned to Ryan Grigson to help return the Indianapolis Colts to prominence.

The Highland, Ind. and Purdue University product has been hired as the team's new general manager, the team announced this morning.

Grigson is expected to attend a news conference at Colts headquarters this afternoon.

Grigson, 39, has spent the past nine seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, the last two as their director of player personnel. He emerged from a list of seven candidates interviewed by Irsay, and met with Irsay a second time Tuesday."