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Patriots Football Daily: New England Rookie Minicamp Roster
New England Patriots prospects arrived in town for rookie minicamp yesterday with the work scheduled to begin today. New England’s draft class, undrafted free agents, and minicamp invites will all be in attendance. It is a chance for players to bond with new teammates, put in some hard work, and make a positive impression on the coaching staff. A breakdown by position of those expected to be in attendance:
Quarterbacks
Drake Maye, North Carolina (NFL Draft, Round 1)
Joe Milton III, Tennessee (NFL Draft, Round 6)
Running Backs
Deshaun Fenwick, Oregon State (UDFA)
Terrell Jennings, Florida A&M (Invite)
Wide Receivers
Ja’Lynn Polk, Washington (NFL Draft, Round 2)
Javon Baker, UCF (NFL Draft, Round 4)
Beau Corrales, SMU (Invite)
Rory Starkey Jr., Stamford (Invite)
David Wallis, Randolph-Macon
Tight End
Jaheim Bell, Florida State (NFL Draft, Round 7)
Jacob Warren, Tennessee (UDFA)
Owen Glascoe, LIU (Invite)
Offensive Line
Caeden Wallace, Penn State (NFL Draft, Round 3)
Layden Robinson, Texas A&M (NFL Draft, Round 4)
Charles Turner III, LSU (UDFA)
Zuri Henry, UTEP (UDFA)
Tariq Stewart, North Carolina A&T (Invite)
Ryan Johnson, Youngstown State (Invite)
Joey Ramos, Arizona State (Invite)
Defensive Line / Edge Defenders
John Morgan III, Arkansas (UDFA)
Devin Adams, Peru State (Invite)
Jay Person, Chattanooga (Invite)
Jotham Russell, Australia/IPP (Invite)
Linebackers
Jontrey Hunter, Georgia State (UDFA)
Jett Bush, Texas (UDFA)
Josh Carr Jr., Southern Miss (Invite)
Tre-Vion Green, Prairie View A&M (Invite)
Keontra Smith, Miami Fla. (Invite)
Cornerbacks
Marcellas Dial Jr., South Carolina (NFL Draft, Round 6)
Mikey Victor, Alabama State (UDFA)
Kaleb Ford-Dement, Texas State (UDFA)
Teldrick Ross, Middle Tennessee State (Invite)
John Davis Jr., North Texas (Invite)
Kason McCullough-Cooper, Angelo State (Invite)
Safeties
Dell Pettus, Troy (UDFA)
John Pupel, Boston College (Invite)
Special Teams
Vince Blanchard (PK/P), Laval (Invite)
Noah Rauchenberg (PK), North Texas
Note: Former Miami, Fla. CB Trajan Bandy was originally expected to attend, but is reportedly getting a separate tryout later this summer instead.
Also in today’s Patriots Football Daily:
Get to Know the Patriots Prospects
Meet the New England Patriots 2024 NFL Draft Class
New England Patriots Sign 10 Undrafted Free Agents
New England Patriots Rookie Minicamp Invitations
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Football Fun Fact of the Day
The New England Patriots have had 11 undrafted free agents play over 100 games. The leaderboard:
160 Adam Vinatieri
152 Gino Cappelletti
141 Lonie Paxton
127 Larry Izzo
124 Steve King
120 David Andrews
119 Sam Adams, Ed Reynolds
116 John Smith
115 Brandon Bolden, Jonathan Jones
Post of the Day
Today’s post comes Carlos Talks Pats with New England Patriots cornerback Jonathan Jones discussing rookie minicamp as an undrafted free agent:
#Patriots CB and once UDFA Jonathan Jones on Rookie Minicamp’s true purpose:
“Rookie Minicamp, they tryna kill you… it has nothing to do with football. A lot of the young guys don’t realize that… they got enough film on you. That’s not what you in Rookie Minicamp for. They in… pic.twitter.com/ZxsSlZ6DG4
— Carlos Talks Pats (@LosTalksPats) May 9, 2024