Justin Chabot is in his ninth year with the 49ers and his first scouting the Midwest region. After spending his first six seasons with the team scouting the Southwest region, he spent the last two seasons covering the Southeast.
Justin Chabot is in his ninth year with the 49ers and his first scouting the Midwest region. After spending his first six seasons with the team scouting the Southwest region, he spent the last two seasons covering the Southeast.
Prior to joining the 49ers, Chabot spent five years as the director of football operations at Northwestern. As part of his role with the Wildcats, Chabot served as the pro liaison to visiting college talent scouts from the NFL. Chabot was extremely familiar with Northwestern’s football program, having starred as an offensive lineman on the 1995 and 1996 Big Ten Championship teams.
Chabot recorded 41 career starts on the Northwestern offensive line, including starts on the 1996 Rose Bowl and the 1997 Citrus Bowl teams. A four-year letterwinner and captain of the 1996 squad, Chabot was named first-team All-Big Ten by the media and coaches as a senior. He was also named to the Academic All-Big Ten list in 1993.
Born in Washington, DC, Chabot was raised in Oxford, OH. He graduated from Northwestern in 1996 with a degree in sociology, and played professionally during the 1997 season with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants.
Chabot resides in Baton Rouge, LA, with his wife, Suzy, and twin sons, Walker and Brant.
