Name: Joe Schoen
Title: National Scout
College: DePauw
NFL: Eighth Season
Dolphins: First Season

Joe Schoen embarks on his first season as a part of the Dolphins’ scouting staff after spending his first seven years in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers.

Schoen joined the Panthers in May of 2001 as a scouting assistant and was promoted to Southeast National Combine Scout one year later. In 2003, he began to scout the Southwest in Carolina’s system. Prior to joining the Panthers on a full-time basis, he interned in the team’s ticket office in January of 2000 while also having worked in the club’s training camp later that same year in football operations.

Schoen was a four-year letterman at DePauw University (1997-2000) where he played quarterback as a freshman and wide receiver his final three years. As a senior he was named the Thomas Mount Offensive Player of the Year while also being selected as a first-team All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference choice as he set the school single-season record for receptions with 80 (now 2nd). Overall in his collegiate career he amassed 153 receptions for 1,861 yards and 14 touchdowns. He ranks fifth in school history in receptions and sixth in receiving yards. Schoen, who earned his degree in communications from the Greencastle, Indiana school, also was named to the SCAC Academic Honor Roll his senior year.

A graduate of Elkhart (Ind.) Memorial High School, Schoen and his wife, Marie, have a daughter, Sydney Burke. They make their home in Frisco, Texas.