The Patriots stuffed a spot on their follow squad Wednesday by signing huge receiver Mathew Sexton.
Sexton, who was launched from the Falcons’ follow squad in September, provides depth after rookie huge receiver Demario Douglas suffered his second head harm of the season in Sunday’s loss to the Giants. Sexton was amongst a gaggle of kickers, punters and huge receivers who labored out for the Patriots on Tuesday.
Sexton went undrafted out of Eastern Michigan in 2021. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound receiver got here into the league with the Steelers and doesn’t have any regular-season NFL expertise however caught seven passes on 11 targets for 70 yards and returned three kicks for 63 yards and 6 punts for 92 yards throughout the 2021 and 2023 preseasons. He additionally caught 23 passes for 364 yards and returned kicks and punts with the XFL’s Vegas Vipers this 12 months.
Sexton joins fellow huge receivers Malik Cunningham and T.J. Luther on the follow squad. The workforce has Douglas, rookie Kayshon Boutte, DeVante Parker, Jalen Reagor, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Tyquan Thornton on their 53-man roster.
Sexton ran a 4.44-second 40-yard sprint at his professional day in 2021. He was a teammate of Patriots rookies guard Sidy Sow and kicker Chad Ryland at Eastern Michigan, the place he caught 100 passes for 1,335 yards with 9 touchdowns and carried the ball six instances for 23 yards in 4 seasons. Additionally, he made 18 tackles on particular groups and returned 21 kicks for 353 yards and two punts for 77 yards with a landing.
Source: www.bostonherald.com