Patriots Rookie Wideout N’Keal Harry Leaves Practice With Injury

The New England Patriots were sort of concerned after wideout N’Keal Harry left the practice due to an injury.

The rookie suffered a right hamstring injury and limped off of the field. He did an effort to shake out the right leg. Head trainer Jim Whalen checked him up and Harry made his way to a side field.

Harry rejoined his teammates on the sideline and retook the field with his teammates during 11-on-11s. The wideout sat out the final two full-team sessions.

Head coach Bill Belichick had words of praise for his young player.

“A big kid that runs well. Good catch radius. Very strong, physical receiver,” he said. “He has a long way to go … but he’s gotten better every day and been dependable, durable, tough. … making good progress.”

Harry is getting some great help in training camp. The wideout has been working with former Patriots wide receiver, Troy Brown, to improve his ability.

“He’s one of the greatest receivers who’s ever played here,” Harry said of the opportunity to work with Brown. “I can take a lot from him. I’m going to keep asking him questions and keep learning from him every day.”

What does Tom Brady say about his new teammate?

“Like any rookie, I think there’s a lot to learn, there’s a lot of things happening,” Brady said of Harry following Day 3 of Patriots minicamp. “Like all of us, we’re just working every day to try to get better. And he’s going to, I’m going to, Jules [Julian Edelman] is going to – he’s got a lot of good people in his room, lot of veterans that he can depend. We still have a long way to go and he’s going to learn every day so the more we do the better.

“I always say when someone’s 22, in some ways it’s a disservice the way they get treated because everyone expects them to come in and just take what they did in college and replicate it in the pros. And in reality, it’s a totally different game.

“It’s really hard to get acclimated to these environments to go from an amateur to being a professional is entirely different. Like all of us who were 21 or 22 at one time, the difference when you’re older and have experience, the level of comfort, knowing exactly what the expectations are is very important. It’s just a work in progress. I think all of us are trying to learn each other, trying to learn the offense and we put all these moving parts together and it takes time to forge relationships but you do it through a lot of repetition and a lot of communication and that’s the time of year that we’re in.”

Add a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *