Patriots Veteran Free-Agent Numbers… Jamie Collins Picks Surprising Digit
The New England Patriots have the numbers for their veteran free agents, and linebacker Jamie Collins got a temporary number in his return to Foxboro.
Collins will wear No. 8 for organized team activities as reported by the Patriots Thursday. The linebacker will have to switch his number before the start of the regular season.
The linebacker had the No. 8 in college at Southern Mississippi, and wore No. 91 in his first tenure with the Patriots. He was No. 51 in Cleveland. Defensive end Deatrich Wise wears No. 91 at the moment, and linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley rocks No. 51. Here’s the list of the other numbers other free agents received.
No. 8 LB Jamie Collins
No. 15 WR Dontrelle Inman
No. 25 S Terrence Brooks
No. 38 RB Brandon Bolden
No. 47 FB Jakob Johnson
No. 74 DE Shilique Calhoun
No. 75 DT David Parry
No. 77 DE Michael Bennett
No. 77 OT Cedrick Lang
No. 81 TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins
No. 82 WR Maurice Harris No.
83 TE Matt LaCosse
No. 84 TE Ben Watson
No. 88 WR Demaryius Thomas
No. 98 DT Mike Pennel
Rookies got temporary numbers, too. For the second season,
they will start out with numbers in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The numbers are
divided by draft order for picks and alphabetically for undrafted free agents.
No. 50 WR N’Keal Harry
No. 51 DB Joejuan Williams
No. 52 DE Chase Winovich
No. 53 RB Damien Harris
No. 54 OT Yodny Cajuste
No. 55 OL Hjalte Froholdt
No. 58 QB Jarrett Stidham
No. 59 DT Byron Cowart
No. 60 P Jake Bailey
No. 61 CB Ken Webster
No. 63 TE Andrew Beck
No. 64 RB Nick Brosette
No. 65 WR Ryan Davis
No. 66 S Malik Gant
No. 67 OL Tyler Gauthier
No. 68 LB Terez Hall
No. 69 WR Jakobi Meyers
No. 70 CB D’Angelo Ross
No. 71 OL Tyree St. Louis
New England is all ready for the upcoming season. Tom Brady is missing the OTAs again, but we are used to that. He works out all the time, and Julian Edelman is always by his side.