NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 
QUARTERBACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
10 QB Mac Jones 6-3 214 Alabama
13 QB Nathan Rourke 6-1 210 Ohio
4 QB Bailey Zappe 6-1 220 Western Kentucky
 
RUNNING BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
15 RB Ezekiel Elliott 6-0 225 Ohio State
36 RB Kevin Harris 5-10 225 South Carolina
39 RS Jamycal Hasty 5-8 205 Baylor
 
RECEIVERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
1 WR DeVante Parker 6-3 219 Louisville
80 WR Kayshon Boutte 6-0 195 Louisiana State
88 TE Mike Gesicki 6-6 250 Penn State
18 WR Matthew Slater 6-0 205 UCLA
86 TE Pharaoh Brown 6-5 246 Oregon
81 WR Demario Douglas 5-8 170 Liberty
11 WR Tyquan Thornton 6-2 182 Baylor
46 TE La'Michael Pettway 6-2 223 Iowa State
83 WR Jalen Reagor 5-11 197 Texas Christian
 
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
59 OT Vederian Lowe 6-6 320 Illinois
60 C David Andrews 6-3 300 Georgia
77 OT Trent Brown 6-8 370 Florida
65 C James Ferentz 6-2 300 Iowa
55 OG Atonio Mafi 6-3 329 UCLA
53 C Jake Andrews 6-3 305 Troy
71 OG Michael Onwenu 6-3 350 Michigan
54 OG Sidy Sow 6-5 326 Eastern Michigan
 
LINEBACKERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
33 OLB Anfernee Jennings 6-3 259 Alabama
52 OLB Marte Mapu 6-3 216 Sacramento State
53 MLB Christian Elliss 6-3 231 Idaho
55 OLB Josh Uche 6-3 245 Michigan
30 OLB Mack Wilson Sr. 6-1 233 Alabama
8 MLB Ja'Whaun Bentley 6-2 244 Purdue
45 OLB Chris Board 6-2 239 North Dakota State
48 MLB Jahlani Tavai 6-2 246 Hawaii
 
DEFENSIVE BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
22 S Cody Davis 6-2 203 Texas Tech
31 CB Jonathan Jones 5-10 190 Auburn
2 CB Jalen Mills 6-0 191 Louisiana State
26 CB Shaun Wade 6-1 191 Ohio State
28 CB Alex Austin 6-1 191 Oregon State
27 CB Myles Bryant 5-9 185 Washington
23 S Kyle Dugger 6-2 220 Lenoir-Rhyne
19 CB Marco Wilson 6-0 191 Florida
24 S Joshuah Bledsoe 5-11 201 Missouri
21 S Adrian Phillips 5-11 210 Texas
3 S Jabrill Peppers 5-11 215 Michigan
41 S Brenden Schooler 6-1 205 Texas
 
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
93 DT Lawrence Guy Sr. 6-4 315 Arizona State
96 DT Sam Roberts 6-5 295 Northwest Missouri State
51 DT Keion White 6-5 285 Georgia Tech
92 DT Davon Godchaux 6-3 311 Louisiana State
91 DE Deatrich Wise Jr. 6-6 285 Arkansas
90 DT Christian Barmore 6-5 310 Alabama
70 DE Jeremiah Pharms Jr. 6-3 300 Friends
 
SPECIALISTS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
9 P Bryce Baringer 6-3 215 Michigan State
49 LS Joe Cardona 6-3 245 Navy
38 K Chad Ryland 6-0 183 Maryland
 
RESERVE/INJURED
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
76 T Calvin Anderson 6-5 300 Texas
7 S Isaiah Bolden 6-2 205 Jackson State
84 WR Kendrick Bourne 6-1 190 Eastern Washington
59 LB Terez Hall 6-2 235 Missouri
85 TE Hunter Henry 6-5 250 Arkansas
75 T Conor McDermott 6-8 305 UCLA
19 CB Christian Gonzalez 6-2 201 Oregon
25 CB Marcus Jones 5-8 175 Houston
82 WR Tre Nixon 6-2 180 Central Florida
7 WR JuJu Smith-Schuster 6-1 215 Southern Cal
69 OG Cole Strange 6-5 305 Chattanooga
9 OLB Matthew Judon 6-3 261 Grand Valley State
50 MLB Raekwon McMillan 6-2 242 Ohio State
74 T Riley Reiff 6-6 313 Iowa
38 RB Rhamondre Stevenson 6-0 230 Oklahoma
95 DT Daniel Ekuale 6-3 305 Washington State
72 T Tyrone Wheatley Jr. 6-6 320 Morgan State
 
RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
29 CB J.C. Jackson 6-1 198 Maryland
 

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