V - Official Pre-Draft visit; visited team facilities/hosted by team in area
PW - Private workout held with prospect
AW - Attended open workout on Campus
C - Position Coach or Coordinator contact
MC - Team has spoken to player or agent or had on-Campus visit; miscellaneous contact
APD - Team official has attended Pro-Day
I - Interviewed at Combine/All-Star game
RI - Rumoured interest
NB: All players in larger font, and Bold, Italic and Underline, have met the "Three Contact Rule". To meet the TCR, a prospect must have three confirmed contacts (RI does not count). The TCR implies that the Patriots are very very interested in them, and there's a very good chance we'll draft them. Don't take it for granted though.
QB: Andy Dalton, TCU - PW
QB: Dale Fink, Sacred Heart - APD, PW
QB: Colin Kaepernick, Nevada - I
QB: Jake Locker, Washington - V
QB: Ryan Mallet, Arkansas - V
QB: Greg McElroy, Alabama - I
QB: Ricky Stanzi, Iowa - MC, PW
QB: Taylor Potts, Texas Tech - PW
QB: Jeff Van Camp, Florida Atlantic - PW
QB: Adam Weber, Minnesota - PW
RB: Mario Fannin, Auburn - RI
RB: Alex Green, Hawaii - I
RB: Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma State - PW, V
RB: Taiwan Jones, Eastern Washington - APD
RB: Mikel Leshoure, Illinois - V
RB: Derrick Locke, Kentucky - I, PW
RB: DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma - I
RB: Bilal Powell, Louisville - MC (either PW, or V not yet confirmed)
RB: Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State - MC
RB: Da'Rel Scott, Maryland - PW
RB: Daniel Thomas, Kansas State - PW
RB: Jordan Todman, Conneticut - C (IF), V
RB: Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech - PW (IF)
WR: Dontavia Bogan, South Florida, I, APD
WR: Randall Cobb, Kentucky - PW
WR: Tandon Doss, Indiana - APD
WR: Edmund Gates, Abilene Christian - PW, C (C'OS)
WR: Leonard Hankerson, Miami - I
WR: Andre Holmes, Hillsdale - PW
WR: Jeremy Kelley, Maine - APD
WR: Jeremy Kerley, TCU - PW
WR: Lester Jean, Florida Atlantic - PW
WR: Ricardo Lockette, Fort Valley State - I
WR: Chris Matthews, Kentucky - APD, PW
WR: Desmond Randall, Maine - APD
WR: Jeremy Ross, California - PW
WR: Dane Sanzenbacher, Ohio State - RI
WR: Cecil Shorts, Mount Union - MC
WR: Torrey Smith, Maryland - PW
WR: Terrance Tolliver, LSU - APD, PW
TE: Josh Baker, Northwest Missouri - APD (BF)
TE: Chris Blohm, Yale - RI
TE: Virgil Green, Nevada - MC
TE: Rob Housler, Florida Atlantic - PW
TE: Julius Thomas, Portand State - I
OT: Joseph Barksdale, Louisiana - I
OT: Gabe Carimi, Wisconsin - I
OT: James Carpenter, Alabama - APD, C (DS)
OT: Anthony Castonzo, Boston - APD (DS)
OT: Marcus Gilbert, Florida - I
OT: Chris Hairston, Clemson - PW
OT: Rich Lapham, Boston - RI
OT: Tyron Smith, Southern California - APD, V
OT: Nate Solder, Colorado - V
OT: Danny Watkins, Baylor - I
OG: John Gianninoto, UNLV - RI
OG: Zach Hurd, Connecticut - APD (IF)
OG: Mike Person, Montana - PW
OG: Mike Pouncey, Florida - MC
OG: Will Rackley, Lehigh - PW, V
OG: Caleb Schlaudraff, Utah - I, APD (DS)
OG: Zane Taylor, Utah - APD (DS)
OC: Tim Barnes, Missouri - APD, PW
OC: Taylor Boggs, Humboldt State - I, APD
OC: Brandon Fusco, Slippery Rock - I, MC, PW x 2
OC: Jake Kirkpatrick, Texas Christian - MC, PW
OC: Ryan Pugh, Auburn - APD, MC
DT: Marvin Austin, North Carolina - APD, V
DT: Corbin Bryant, Northwestern - PW
DT: David Carter, UCLA - I
DT: Kenric Ellis, Hampton - RI, PW
DT: Jarvis Jenkins, Clemson - RI, I
DT: Eli Joseph, Temple - PW
DT: Corey Liuget, Illinois - PW
DT: Terrell McClain, South Florida - RI, PW
DT: Phil Taylor, Baylor - I
DE: Allen Bailey, Miami - APD, PW (BB), V
DE: Christian Ballard, Iowa - I
DE: Cameron Jordan, California - I, PW
DE: Frank Kearse, Alabama - RI
DE: Muhammad Wilkerson, Temple - RI, APD, PW
OLB/DE: Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson - AW, V
OLB/DE: Adrian Clayborn, Iowa - PW
OLB/DE: Ricky Elmore, Arizona - PW
OLB/DE: Karl Klug, Iowa - RI
OLB/DE: Cheta Ozougw, Rice - I
OLB/DE: Pernell McPhee, Mississippi State - I
OLB/DE: Brooks Reed, Arizona - PW
OLB/DE: D'Aundre Reed, Arizona - PW
OLB/DE: Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh - V
OLB/DE: Marc Schiechl, Colorado School of Mines - PW
OLB/DE: Aldon Smith, Missouri - PW
OLB/DE: KJ Wright, Mississippi State - I
ILB: Mario Harvey, Marshall - APD
ILB: Mark Herzlich, Boston - I
ILB: Doug Hogue, Syracuse - PW, V
ILB: Michael Lockley, Florida Atlantic - PW
ILB: Casey Matthews, Arizona - I
ILB: Colin McCarthy, Miami - C (BB)
ILB: Michael Mohamed, California - PW
ILB: Adrien Moten, Maryland - PW
ILB: J.T Thomas, West Virginia - I
ILB: Martez Wilson, Illinois - PW
S: Ahmad Black, Florida - I
S: Desia Dunn, Fresno State - PW
S: Tommy Irvin, Wofford - AW
S: Jaiquawn Jarrett, Temple - PW
S: Mark LeGree, Appalachian State - C
S: Kevin Rutland, Missouri - PW
S: Mana Silva, Hawaii - MC
S: Justin Taplin-Ross, Utah - I
S: Collin Zych, Harvard - AW
CB: Cortez Allen, Citadel - PW
CB: Prince Amukamara, Nebraska - V
CB: Chykie Brown, Texas - MC, PW
CB: Curtis Brown, Texas - PW
CB: Brandon Harris, Miami - C (BB), PW
CB: Ryan Hill, Miami - I, C (BB)
CB: Johnny Patrick, Louisville - PW
CB: Mistral Raymond, South Florida - APD, PW
CB: Buster Skrine, Tennessee - Chatanooga - MC, PW
CB: DeMarcus Van Dyke, Miami - C (BB)
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Pro-Days we have attended:
Alabama
Alabama A&M
Arizona State
Arkansas
Auburn
Ball State
Baylor
California
California - Los Angeles
Coastal Carolina
Central Connecticut State
Central Florida
Colorado
Connecticut (IF)
Florida (BB)
Florida International
Fresno State
Georgia
Illinois (DPP - Jason Licht)
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana State
Massachusetts
Maine
Maryland
Miami
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Northwestern
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Southern California
South Florida (BB + JL)
Stanford
Texas
Utah (DS)
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Western Michigan
Wisconsin
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Positional Breakdown:
Quarterbacks - 10 prospects.
Running Backs - 13 prospects.
Wide Receivers - 17 prospects.
Tight End - 5 prospects.
Off. Tackle - 10 prospects.
Off. Guard - 7 prospects.
Off. Centre - 5 prospects.
Def. Tackle - 9 prospects.
Def. End - 5 prospects.
OLB/DE - 12 prospects.
Linebacker - 10 prospects.
Safety - 8 prospects.
Cornerback - 10 prospects.
Players meeting the TCR - 2
Total prospects listed - 121. Total Visits - 15/30.
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Some thoughts on the numbers.
Firstly - well down on last year at this point. Remember though, we're listed interest that's been reported. To go all Donald Rumsfeld for a moment - we're listing the known knowns, we know there are known unknowns, and unknown knowns, as for the unknown unknowns - they'll just have to wait for now.
Last year we listed 178 players, and managed to (somehow) hear about 34 visits. With 2 more unreported. The limit is only 30!