Friendship with Elway leads to Lynch’s first hire as 49ers GM
On his second full day as the 49ers GM, Lynch hired Broncos director of college scouting Adam Peters to be his vice president of player personnel, a league source confirmed. Lynch spent part of the 2013 offseason learning from Elway, a fellow Stanford graduate. Lynch attended the scouting combine with the Broncos and was also in their draft room. Lynch presumably got to know Peters, a Cupertino native who has spent the past eight seasons with the Broncos as the assistant director of college scouting (2014-15) and a scout (2009-13). Gamble is a 29-year NFL veteran who has served as the vice president of player personnel with the Eagles (2013-14) and was the 49ers director of player personnel from 2011-12.