The Patriots chosen Oregon cornerback Christian Gonzalez with the seventeenth whole determine the first spherical of the NFL Draft on Thursday evening time.
Gonzalez entered the evening time as a consensus top-10 experience, per most media draft specialists. The 6-foot-1, 199-pounder might develop right into a Day 1 starter for the Patriots, who’ve a critical need at nook. He snatched 4 interceptions, broke up 11 passes and blocked a space goal closing yr as a All-Pac-12 first-teamer.
On the NFL Mix, Gonzalez examined as top-of-the-line athletes within the full draft. He clocked a 4.38 throughout the 40-yard dash, leapt 41.5 inches throughout the vertical leap and cranked out 14 bench press reps at 225 kilos. Gonzalez has all the devices to play the Patriots’ most popular man-to-man vogue of safety and joins Jonathan Jones, Jack Jones, Marcus Jones and Shaun Wade on the workforce’s depth chart.
The Patriots traded their preliminary selection, the 14th whole determine, to Pittsburgh for No. 17 and a fourth-rounder. The Steelers chosen Georgia offensive type out Broderick Jones, one determine ahead of the Jets, who wished offensive line help. New York adopted with the first foremost attain of the draft, taking Iowa State edge defender Will McDonald at fifteenth, and the Commanders added Mississippi State cornerback Emmanuel Forbes with the No. 16 determine.
The Patriots are scheduled to make their subsequent picks at forty sixth whole throughout the second spherical and No. 76 throughout the third spherical. They’ve 11 remaining picks.
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