The Patriots chosen Oregon cornerback Christian Gonzalez with the seventeenth total decide the primary spherical of the NFL Draft on Thursday night time.
Gonzalez entered the night time as a consensus top-10 expertise, per most media draft specialists. The 6-foot-1, 199-pounder may develop into a Day 1 starter for the Patriots, who’ve a serious want at nook. He snatched 4 interceptions, broke up 11 passes and blocked a area purpose final yr as a All-Pac-12 first-teamer.
At the NFL Combine, Gonzalez examined as top-of-the-line athletes in the complete draft. He clocked a 4.38 within the 40-yard sprint, leapt 41.5 inches within the vertical leap and cranked out 14 bench press reps at 225 kilos. Gonzalez has all of the instruments to play the Patriots’ most well-liked man-to-man fashion of protection and joins Jonathan Jones, Jack Jones, Marcus Jones and Shaun Wade on the workforce’s depth chart.
The Patriots traded their preliminary choice, the 14th total decide, to Pittsburgh for No. 17 and a fourth-rounder. The Steelers chosen Georgia offensive sort out Broderick Jones, one decide forward of the Jets, who wanted offensive line assist. New York adopted with the primary main attain of the draft, taking Iowa State edge defender Will McDonald at fifteenth, and the Commanders added Mississippi State cornerback Emmanuel Forbes with the No. 16 decide.
The Patriots are scheduled to make their subsequent picks at forty sixth total within the second spherical and No. 76 within the third spherical. They have 11 remaining picks.
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