Today in Patriots History Thread
Under contract/drafted by/traded to/rights assigned to Patriots - but never played a regular season game for the Patriots:
QB: Rich Gannon, Fran Tarkenton, Matt Flynn, Andrew Walter, Tim Tebow
RB: Rocky Bleier, Duane Thomas, Tommy Mason, Joseph Addai, Donald Brown, Montee Ball, Bishop Sankey
FB: Eric Kettani, Tony Fiammetta, Spencer Larsen
TE: Fred Davis, Lee Smith, Alex Smith, James O'Shaughnessy, Bear Pascoe
WR: Torry Holt, Reggie Wayne, Gary Collins, Michael Jenkins, Eric Decker, Kenny Britt, Nate Washington, Anthony Gonzalez, Donald Jones, Andre Holmes, Andrew Hawkins, Brandon Gibson, Jordan Matthews, Jalen Saunders, Austin Carr
OT: Bob Vogel, Jared Veldheer, Corey Hilliard, Conor McDermott
G/C: Ted Larsen, Jonathan Cooper
DT: Marcus Stroud, Terrance Knighton, Phil Olsen, Frank Kearse
DE: Will Smith, Fred Dryer, Kony Ealy, Jonathan Fanene, Jeremy Mincey
LB: Lee Roy Jordan, Rip Hawkins, Marcus Benard, Kamu Grugier-Hill
S: Adrian Wilson, John Lynch, Vinnie Sunseri, Brock Vereen
CB: EJ Biggers, Kenny Moore, Darryl Roberts, Troy Hill
K: Robbie Gould
Then there are others that
did play for the Patriots as well, of course: Fred Taylor, Nick Lowery, Henry Ellard, Steve McMichael, Ernie Holmes, Shaun Ellis, etc.