The Patriots are signing former Eagles and Vikings extensive receiver Jalen Reagor to the final spot on their apply squad Thursday, a supply confirmed to the Herald.
Reagor, 24, was just lately minimize by the Vikings and cleared waivers. The Eagles chosen him within the first spherical of the 2020 NFL Draft and launched him after two disappointing seasons. Reagor resurfaced in Minnesota, the place he caught eight passes for 104 yards and a landing final yr.
The 5-foot-11, 197-pounder ranked among the many most athletic receivers in his draft class with a 4.47-second time within the 40-yard sprint and 42-inch vertical leap. Reagor’s bodily items hardly translated, although, over a rookie yr when he caught 31 of 54 targets for 396 yards and a landing. In his second season with the Eagles, he nabbed 33 passes on 57 targets for 299 yards and a pair scores.
On the apply squad, he joins fellow extensive receiver Thyrick Pitts, quarterbacks Bailey Zappe and Malik Cunningham, operating backs Ty Montgomery and Kevin Harris, tight ends Pharaoh Brown and Matt Sokol, offensive linemen James Ferenntz, Kody Russey and Andrew Stueber, linebackers Joe Giles-Harris, Calvin Munson and Ronnie Perkins, security Joshuah Bledsoe and punter Corliss Waitman.
On the 53-man roster, the Pats have already got receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster, DeVante Parker, Kendrick Bourne, Demario Douglas and Kayshon Boutte.
The Patriots will face Reagor’s outdated workforce, the Eagles, of their season opener on Sept. 10.
Source: www.bostonherald.com