Brady has 101 career touchdown passes to undrafted players, 15 more than he has to first-round picks (86). Brady's Super Bowl LI counterpart, Falcons QB Matt Ryan, has 101 more touchdown passes to former first-rounders (133) than undrafted players (32).
The Patriots have the most snaps in the NFL by undrafted players over the last decade (nearly 54,000 since 2007). Among them this season, Super Bowl XLIX hero Malcolm Butler, who leads the Patriots in snaps during the last two seasons (1,991).
The Patriots have made 62 trades outside of draft day since 2001, including eight since the start of last offseason. Both figures are the most in the NFL. The trade for TE Martellus Bennett is just one of the Patriots' productive acquisitions from the past year.
Of the Patriots' draft picks under Belichick, 78 have been acquired from other teams, most in the NFL since 2000. Their entire 2012 draft were picks from trades.
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