NFL Draft weekend is special every year as college athletes and their families lives are changed forever once they get that call from a team that believes in them.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately there are just as many players, where that call never comes.<\/p>\n
Over the past 20 years, one team that has given many opportunities to undrafted free agents is none other than Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n On Thursday, one of those Belichick picks reflected back on his path to the NFL, longtime special teamer and part-time running back Brandon Bolden.<\/p>\n Taking to his Instagram, Bolden shared an inspirational message of hope for those who won’t get drafted by a team this weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen a diamond falls into a deep well many people will stop to look at it…but few will be ready to go down after it\u201d – African Proverb….Good luck to everybody during the draft tonight, that call might not happen but your story doesn\u2019t have to end there. #UNDRAFTED\u00a0#firstone\u00a0#patsnation\u00a0#LFG\u00a0#hulksmash”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B_VekVVpbxc\/<\/p>\n Bolden was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Ole Miss in 2012 and has gone on to be a key member of the Patriots special teams unit for seven of the last eight years, serving as a gunner.<\/p>\n Every so often, he’ll make the highlight reels too.<\/p>\n