UDFA's on the Patriots?

[raduray]

Seems like every year some UDFA comes out of nowhere to make an impact for the Pats. Butler last year, Andrews this year. Anyone know how many UDFA's are on the Patriots roster and how that compares to the rest of the NFL? I've searched the web, but haven't found this info. Anyone know?

 

[manxman2601]

There are 6 that we signed as UDFA's following the draft on the 53 man roster:

Josh Kline
Ryan Wendell
Chris Harper
Nate Ebner
Brandon Bolden
David Andrews

Mine was a crap list sorry. The list below is much better.

 

[jah]

Seems like every year some UDFA comes out of nowhere to make an impact for the Pats. Butler last year, Andrews this year. Anyone know how many UDFA's are on the Patriots roster and how that compares to the rest of the NFL? I've searched the web, but haven't found this info. Anyone know?

On the current 53:
RB Bolden*
RB Cadet
WR Amendola*
WR Harper - rookie
C Andrews* - rookie
G/C Kline*
G/C Wendell*
DL/LB Martin
DL Siliga*
LB Freeny
CB Butler*
CB Coleman - rookie
P Allen*

* = has contributed in a significant way for the Patriots. Freeny's ST play might be *-worthy as well.

So that's 13 UDFAs and 3 this year.

 

[venecol]

How many rookies played the other night on offense and defense?

 

[jah]

There are 6 that we signed as UDFA's following the draft on the 53 man roster:

Josh Kline
Ryan Wendell
Chris Harper
Nate Ebner
Brandon Bolden
David Andrews

Ebner was a 6th rounder.

 

[PatsBoy12]

I, too, would be interested to see how this stacks up to the rest of the league.

 

[jah]

How many rookies played the other night on offense and defense?

I think I saw Harper on the field once or twice but he didn't do anything. Andrews played the whole game at C, Jackson and Mason both played a lot but part-time. On defense, Brown started and Grissom played most snaps, a lot of them at DT after Easley went down. The others (Flowers, Coleman, Richards) were inactive.

 

[manxman2601]

Ebner was a 6th rounder.

Of course he was, silly me. Thanks.

 

[raduray]

On the current 53:
RB Bolden*
RB Cadet
WR Amendola*
WR Harper - rookie
C Andrews* - rookie
G/C Kline*
G/C Wendell*
DL/LB Martin
DL Siliga*
LB Freeny
CB Butler*
CB Coleman - rookie
P Allen*

* = has contributed in a significant way for the Patriots. Freeny's ST play might be *-worthy as well.

So that's 13 UDFAs and 3 this year.

That's 25%! I wonder how that compares to the rest of the league.

 

[manxman2601]

That's 25%! I wonder how that compares to the rest of the league.

There's a chart at this link that breaks it down team by team but it's from 2012. Still, gives you a bit of an idea.

http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2013/05/analysis_alec_lemon_zack_chiba.html

But basically, there are more UDFAs in the NFL than there are players picked in any one round.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Ebner was a 6th rounder.

Remember the "WTF, BB drafted a rugby player?" Posts?

 

[mgteich]

Remember the "WTF, BB drafted a rugby player?" Posts?

And so he did. I don't see why rugby players can't be developed into good special teamers.

 

[realtime]

I think I saw Harper on the field once or twice but he didn't do anything. Andrews played the whole game at C, Jackson and Mason both played a lot but part-time. On defense, Brown started and Grissom played most snaps, a lot of them at DT after Easley went down. The others (Flowers, Coleman, Richards) were inactive.

Richards was active and played some ST.

 

[patfanken]

One of the more interesting stats from the 2011 Superbowl team that has stuck in my mind as being special, was that there were 19 players who started their NFL careers as UDFA's

 

[AzPatsFan]

Ebner was a 6th rounder.

I thought Allen was drafted as well.

 

[captain stone]

Allen was a 2013 UDFA; perhaps you're thinking of The Zoltan Mesko, a 2010 5th-rounder.