{"id":59597,"date":"2025-04-25T22:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?p=59597"},"modified":"2025-04-27T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:58:14","slug":"patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One round after taking explosive running back TreVeyon Henderson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-add-a-rb-to-kick-off-night-two-of-the-draft\/\"><strong>in round two on Friday night<\/strong><\/a>, the Patriots dipped their foot back in the pool on the offensive side of the football with their second selection of the evening to begin Round 3.<\/p>\n<p>With the 69th overall pick in the third round, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\" title=\"New England Patriots at PatsFans.com\"><strong>New England Patriots<\/strong><\/a> selected Washington State wide receiver Kyle Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is an impressive player.\u00a0 The 6&#8217;0&#8243; 186 pound receiver finished last season with 70 receptions for 1,198 yards and 14 touchdowns for the Cougars, while averaging 17.1 yards per reception.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest thing most scouts seem to like about him is that he&#8217;s a terrific route runner, showing some incredible quickness and change of direction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-0 p-0 pb-0\" style=\"background-color: #313131; text-align: right; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf_reveal lazy size-full wp-image-59594\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24840023_168390408_lowres-450x300.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24840023_168390408_lowres-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24840023_168390408_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24840023_168390408_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24840023_168390408_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24840023_168390408_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24840023_168390408_lowres-660x440.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24840023_168390408_lowres-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 450px, (max-width: 768px) 660px, (max-width: 1024px) 800px, 1200px\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Kyle Williams\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-0 mb-3 p-0 pb-3 pt-0 pr-3 pl-3\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10px; color: white;\">(PHOTO: Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images)<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He&#8217;s also a downfield threat, and when he gets the ball in space, he&#8217;s typically someone who picks up a significant amount of yards after the catch.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that was worth noting was his play in the quick game, which watching his film saw the wideout used in a similar role we see from New England&#8217;s offense.\u00a0 He&#8217;s got terrific feet and he&#8217;s extremely elusive, and his acceleration is absolutely something that stands out because he kicks things into another gear pretty quickly, and then he&#8217;s generally off to the races.<\/p>\n<p>The way he splits defenders is impressive.\u00a0 He&#8217;s just so nifty in space and he&#8217;s got a pretty good penchant for, even when it looks like a defender might close on him, getting away from the crowd and back into the open field.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the top remaining wideouts on the board, it was certainly a pleasant surprise when his name was called.\u00a0 At the same time, for a receiving room that already has Stefon Diggs, Demario Douglas, and Mack Hollins, Williams&#8217; addition likely means that everyone else down the depth chart will potentially be under some intense competition in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>That should definitely make things interesting for a team that desperately needs to become more dynamic on that side of the football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One round after taking explosive running back TreVeyon Henderson in round two on Friday night, the Patriots dipped their foot back in the pool on the offensive side of the football with their second selection of the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23637,10],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2025-patriots-draft","category-patriots-news","tag-kyle-williams"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One round after taking explosive running back TreVeyon Henderson in round two on Friday night, the Patriots dipped their foot back in the pool on the offensive side of the football with their second selection of the evening.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night | PatsFans.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One round after taking explosive running back TreVeyon Henderson in round two on Friday night, the Patriots dipped their foot back in the pool on the offensive side of the football with their second selection of the evening.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PatsFans.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pfans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-26T02:02:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-27T14:58:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ian Logue\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ianlogue\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@patsfans\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ian Logue\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2785562a57e86e99346895c90e0f5459\"},\"headline\":\"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-26T02:02:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-27T14:58:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kyle Williams\"],\"articleSection\":[\"2025 Patriots Draft\",\"Patriots News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/\",\"name\":\"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-26T02:02:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-27T14:58:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"One round after taking explosive running back TreVeyon Henderson in round two on Friday night, the Patriots dipped their foot back in the pool on the offensive side of the football with their second selection of the evening.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"James Snook-Imagn Images\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/25\\\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2025 Patriots Draft\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/2025-patriots-draft\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"PatsFans.com\",\"description\":\"Patriots Blog with News and Analysis\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PatsFans.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/PF_Social_Logo.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/PF_Social_Logo.webp\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"PatsFans.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pfans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/patsfans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/patsfans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/patsfans\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/patsfans\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@patsfans.official\"],\"foundingDate\":\"2000-06-17\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2785562a57e86e99346895c90e0f5459\",\"name\":\"Ian Logue\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7b2113f449563ae600081c59c6ab854ff66f15920ebfefc0fcb643c764d4ad94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7b2113f449563ae600081c59c6ab854ff66f15920ebfefc0fcb643c764d4ad94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7b2113f449563ae600081c59c6ab854ff66f15920ebfefc0fcb643c764d4ad94?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ian Logue\"},\"description\":\"Ian Logue is a Seacoast native and owner and senior writer for PatsFans.com, an independent media site covering the New England Patriots and has been running this site in one form or another since 1997.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ianlogue\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.patsfans.com\\\/patriots\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ian\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night","description":"One round after taking explosive running back TreVeyon Henderson in round two on Friday night, the Patriots dipped their foot back in the pool on the offensive side of the football with their second selection of the evening.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night | PatsFans.com","og_description":"One round after taking explosive running back TreVeyon Henderson in round two on Friday night, the Patriots dipped their foot back in the pool on the offensive side of the football with their second selection of the evening.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/","og_site_name":"PatsFans.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pfans","article_published_time":"2025-04-26T02:02:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-27T14:58:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ian Logue","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ianlogue","twitter_site":"@patsfans","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/"},"author":{"name":"Ian Logue","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2785562a57e86e99346895c90e0f5459"},"headline":"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night","datePublished":"2025-04-26T02:02:12+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-27T14:58:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/"},"wordCount":354,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Kyle Williams"],"articleSection":["2025 Patriots Draft","Patriots News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/","name":"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-26T02:02:12+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-27T14:58:14+00:00","description":"One round after taking explosive running back TreVeyon Henderson in round two on Friday night, the Patriots dipped their foot back in the pool on the offensive side of the football with their second selection of the evening.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"James Snook-Imagn Images"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/2025\/04\/25\/patriots-target-a-wr-with-their-first-pick-of-round-3-friday-night\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2025 Patriots Draft","item":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/category\/2025-patriots-draft\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Patriots Target a WR with Their First Pick in Round 3 Friday Night"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/","name":"PatsFans.com","description":"Patriots Blog with News and Analysis","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#organization","name":"PatsFans.com","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PF_Social_Logo.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PF_Social_Logo.webp","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"PatsFans.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pfans","https:\/\/x.com\/patsfans","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/patsfans","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/patsfans\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/patsfans","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@patsfans.official"],"foundingDate":"2000-06-17"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2785562a57e86e99346895c90e0f5459","name":"Ian Logue","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b2113f449563ae600081c59c6ab854ff66f15920ebfefc0fcb643c764d4ad94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b2113f449563ae600081c59c6ab854ff66f15920ebfefc0fcb643c764d4ad94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b2113f449563ae600081c59c6ab854ff66f15920ebfefc0fcb643c764d4ad94?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ian Logue"},"description":"Ian Logue is a Seacoast native and owner and senior writer for PatsFans.com, an independent media site covering the New England Patriots and has been running this site in one form or another since 1997.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.patsfans.com","https:\/\/x.com\/ianlogue"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/author\/ian\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_24726332_168390408_lowres-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59597"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59751,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59597\/revisions\/59751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patsfans.com\/patriots\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}