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Rookie FA signings

Email|Link|Comments (9) Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff May 1, 2008 06:18 PM

It has not been uncommon for the Patriots to sign a player as a rookie free agent and then have the player make the final 53-man roster. CB Randall Gay, DL Mike Wright and OLB Pierre Woods all earned a spot via that route in recent years.

With that in mind, here is a list of this year's players signed as rookie free agents:

OL Josh Coffman (East Carolina)

DB Mark Dillard (Louisiana Tech)

DT Carlos Feliciano (Maryland)

RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis (Mississippi)

LB Gary Guyton (Georgia Tech)

DL Chris Norwell (Illinois)

OLB Vince Redd (Liberty)

NT Henry Smith (Texas A&M)

TE Jonathan Stupar (Virginia)

DE Casey Tyler (Portland State)

C Ryan Wendell (Fresno State)

EXTRA POINT: We previously reported that Alabama DE/OLB Keith Saunders was signing a rookie free agent deal with the team. That information was incorrect. Saunders will not be joining the club.

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9 comments so far...

BenJarvus Green-Ellis? Is that for real?

Is he related to Ben Coates, Jarvis Green, or Ellis Hobbs?

Posted by H. Dorian Straight May 1, 08 06:45 PM

Mike, Was Keith Saunders (Alabama) signed as well?

Posted by Paul May 1, 08 07:59 PM

Paul, I received bad information on Keith Saunders. He is not signing with the team.
--Mike

Posted by Mike Reiss May 1, 08 09:07 PM

H. Dorian - "Dude" posted this yesterday in response to BenJarvus Green-Ellis:

"Benjarvus Green-Ellis... sounds like a combination of Ben Watson, Jarvis Green, and Ellis Hobbs! Frankenstein football!!" - Dude

Posted by Dave Belanger May 1, 08 09:23 PM

Have either Jamie Silva or Dunbar from BC been picked up yet, I really thought Silva had a shot, he played great against Mich St and I thought that would of helped.

Posted by Mike Lecourt May 2, 08 06:25 AM

Looks like there are 79 players signed to contracts.

If so, there is one roster slot left for tryout players.

Posted by rich May 2, 08 09:33 AM

silva got signed by the Colts

Posted by JimBo May 2, 08 09:48 AM

Whoa!, I don't think I've ever been quoted before...

I can see the problems this could cause in training camp when Bill calls BenJarvus Green-Ellis, and he gets 4 players coming up to him instead of one.
"Hey, he called me" "Uh, no man, I think he called me" ....

Maybe they could find players with names like "TomRandy Moss-Seymour" or MikeJunior Seau-Richard, etc, etc. That would totally screw up the announcers.

Posted by dude May 2, 08 09:55 AM

With any other coach, you could dismiss it as an odd coincidence.

But what does Belichick have to gain by having a player whose name contains the exact substring of another player's full name, and the first names of two others?

We should start examining methods that handle roster names. He's got to be exploiting a loophole somewhere...

Posted by Carl July 30, 08 11:16 AM

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