The Patriots filled out their 90-man roster this weekend by drafting nine players and agreeing to terms with 11 more undrafted free agents.
Let’s go position-by-position to see where the Patriots stand after an active offseason of additions.
Of course, there could be one more acquisition on the horizon, but we’ll get to that when we discuss the wide receiver group.
QUARTERBACK (3)
Tommy DeVito, Drake Maye, Behren Morton (R)
— The Patriots switched up their quarterback room, releasing Joshua Dobbs, re-signing DeVito to a two-year contract and selecting Morton in the seventh round. DeVito clearly impressed the Patriots’ staff enough last season to be promoted to second-string behind Maye. Morton will compete for the backup job this spring and summer, though he’ll probably have to do it with limited reps. Maye took a major leap forward in 2025. Let’s see if he can continue that trajectory with what should be upgraded personnel around him.
RUNNING BACK (7)
TreVeyon Henderson, Terrell Jennings, Lan Larison, Jam Miller (R), Elijah Mitchell, Myles Montgomery (R), Rhamondre Stevenson
— Henderson and Stevenson will take on the top running back roles in the backfield, but the Patriots will have some competition for the third depth role that was a bit of a revolving door last season after Antonio Gibson hit season-ending injured reserve. With Gibson released, Jennings, Larrison, Miller, Mitchell and Montgomery will compete for the role. Miller, an Alabama product who was once a four-star recruit, was selected in the seventh round. The 21-year-old wasn’t overly productive or efficient in college, but he brings more speed to the backfield. Mitchell is a seasoned veteran, and Larison, an undrafted free agent in 2025, showed promise last summer before getting shut down with an injury. Like Miller, Montgomery, an undrafted rookie out of UCF, also brings speed.
FULLBACK (3)
Reggie Gilliam, Brock Lampe, Jack Westover
— Most teams don’t carry a fullback on their roster. Some teams have one, two teams have two. The Patriots have three. Gilliam, a free-agent addition, will almost certainly take on this role during the 2026 season. Lampe was signed last spring as an undrafted free agent. Westover, who converted from tight end, was the Patriots’ top fullback last season. Tight end looks a little thinner than fullback at moment. Does Westover go back to his natural position?
WIDE RECEIVER (12)
Kayshon Boutte, Efton Chism, Nick DeGennaro (R), Kyle Dixon (R), Cameron Dorner (R), Romeo Doubs, DeMario Douglas, Mack Hollins, John Jiles, Jimmy Kibble (R), Jeremiah Webb, Kyle Williams
— This is what the wide receiver group looks like at this very moment, and it could go unchanged until June 1. After that date, it’s looking more and more likely that A.J. Brown could be acquired from the Eagles via trade. The Patriots didn’t draft a wide receiver, instead waiting to add DeGennaro, Dixon and Dorner as undrafted free agents. And the Eagles selected wide receiver Makai Lemon in the first round after adding Marquise Brown, Elijah Moore and Dontayvion Wicks this offseason. Boutte, who has been involved in trade rumors and could potentially get moved in a Brown deal, Chism, Douglas, Hollins and Williams remain from last year’s 53-man roster, while Doubs was signed in free agency. If the Patriots end up replacing Diggs and Boutte with Brown and Doubs, then that’s an upgrade over last season’s group.
“There were some situations where there were some receivers that we liked that we — they just got picked in front of where we were,” executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf said. “So, just how it fell, not a conscious decision, and I think we’ll probably be pretty competitive here with the undrafted guys at that position.”
TIGHT END (6)
Tanner Arkin (R), CJ Dippre, Hunter Henry, Julian Hill, Marshall Lang, Eli Raridon (R)
— The Patriots needed to add to this group after losing Austin Hooper in free agency and replacing him with Hill, whose best football might be in front of him but brings little production from his time with the Dolphins. Enter Raridon, the Patriots’ third-round pick out of Notre Dame. The selection comes with some risk. Raridon only produced in one season at Notre Dame and tore the same ACL twice in high school and as a freshman in college. But he’s big, athletic and could eventually take over the starting job from Henry.
OFFENSIVE LINE (17)
Utah offensive lineman Caleb Lomu blocks during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Baylor and Utah Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
C/G Ben Brown, OT Marcus Bryant, G Mekhi Butler, LT Will Campbell, OT Dametrious Crownover, OT Sebastian Gutierrez, OT James Hudson, OT Caleb Lomu (R), OT Lorenz Metz, G JonDarius Morgan (R), RT Morgan Moses, RG Mike Onwenu, C/G Jacob Rizy, G Andrew Rupcich, LG Alijah Vera-Tucker, G Caedan Wallace, C Jared Wilson
— If you’re wondering why there are 91 players on this list, it’s because the Patriots get an exemption for Metz, an international player pathway program player from Germany. The Patriots probably could trim from this group if they’re looking to add depth elsewhere. The starting line consists of Campbell, Vera-Tucker, Wilson, Onwenu and Moses. Brown, Crownover, a sixth-round pick, and Lomu, the Patriots’ first-rounder, will be kept as reserves, leaving somewhere around two spots for the other nine players. Bryant, a rookie in 2025, and Wallace, a third-round pick in 2024, will need to compete for roles in this new-look group. Hudson was signed as a free agent but will need to bring consistency to beat out younger players like Bryant and Crownover.
DEFENSIVE LINE (8)
Christian Barmore, David Blay Jr. (R), Cory Durden, Joshua Farmer, Eric Gregory, Jeremiah Pharms Jr., Leonard Taylor III, Milton Williams
— It was slightly surprising that the Patriots came away from the draft without selecting any defensive tackles after watching Khyiris Tonga walk in free agency. Still, this isn’t a bad group by any means, and the team could easily go into the season with Barmore, Durden, Taylor, Williams and Farmer/Gregory. Blay is an interesting undrafted addition. He’s undersized and athletic at 6-foot-2, 292 pounds with a 5.08-second 40-yard dash. He put up 6.5 sacks in 2024 at Louisiana Tech before transferring to Miami.
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (7)
Quintayvious Hutchins (R), Gabe Jacas (R), Dre’Mont Jones, Harold Landry, Jesse Luketa, Elijah Ponder, Bradyn Swinson
Illinois defensive end Gabe Jacas in action against Washington during an NCAA football game, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
— Trading up for Jacas in the second round was massive in rounding out this group, though it does still appear a little bit thin, given Landry’s injury history. Jones and Landry are projected to start. Then Jacas and Ponder, who shined last season as an undrafted free agent, would be the top depth options. But what if Landry, who barely played down the stretch last season after injuring his knee in October, can’t get back to 100%? Then either Jacas or Ponder has to start, and the Patriots would have to count on someone like Hutchins, a seventh-round pick, Luketa, an unheralded veteran free-agent addition, or Swinson, who spent a bulk of last season on the practice squad, to step up. This feels like a spot where the Patriots could still add a veteran free-agent defender.
LINEBACKER (7)
K.J. Britt, Christian Elliss, Amari Gainer, Chad Muma, Namdi Obiazor (R), Otis Reese, Robert Spillane
— The Patriots used fourth-round picks to move up to take Lomu and Jacas. If they hadn’t, would they have addressed this position sooner than the sixth-round, when Obiazor came off the board? Spillane and Elliss project to start, but both players missed time last season with injuries. Britt, Muma or Obiazor currently would be next in line to start. Obiazor brings speed and athleticism to the position, but he’s only spent a few years as a full-time linebacker, switching over from safety.
“He’s got an interesting story,” vice president of player personnel Ryan Cowden said of Obiazor. “He started out at Iowa Western and has really worked his way into a good player at TCU and was at the Senior Bowl and really good testing numbers. And I think as we look at it and we evaluate these guys from a couple of different angles from defensive perspective, a special teams, especially on the third day, our special teams coaches took a look and had a lot of positives to say about Namdi’s projections as a special teams player. And that’s important at the linebacker position, as you know. So, we thought he fit the profile of that and I’m excited to work with him.”
CORNERBACK (11)
Channing Canada (R), Brandon Crossley, Carlton Davis, Marcellas Dial, Christian Gonzalez, Kenneth Harris (R), Marcus Jones, Kobee Minor, Karon Prunty (R), Kindle Vildor, Charles Woods
— Prunty was a pick that seemingly came out of left field in the fifth round. Most media outlets had not done work on Prunty, but the Patriots did, inviting him to Foxboro for a pre-draft visit. He’ll compete with Minor, Vildor and Woods for the top backup spot behind Davis and Gonzalez at outside cornerback. Dial, if healthy (he tore his ACL last summer), looks like the top backup in the slot behind Jones. It seems like Prunty helped himself by running a 4.45-second 40-yard dash with a 6.82-second 3-cone drill and 4.20-second short shuttle at his pro day.
Wake Forest defensive back Karon Prunty looks on during the first half of an NCAA football game against Georgia Tech, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Winston-Salem, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
“From the workout day through the spring process, our visit with him, he was a good player when he got to Kansas,” Cowden said. “I believe he was a freshman All-American, and then at (North Carolina) A&T he was a good player. And he had an interesting path. And look, he’s kind of put himself back on the map at Wake Forest. We just kind of go back to the film. We watched the film, our coaches were involved and everybody seemed to like the skill set as we went through the tape. And honestly, it came back to that. We feel like there’s a guy with height, weight, speed and cover skills, and he’s got ball skills. So, that’s kind of what we lean on at the end of the day, is our evaluations from our scouting staff, who do a great job pouring into that, and our coaches also, as they watch film on these guys as prospects. And that’s kind of the Karon situation and how that came to be.”
SAFETY (6)
Mike Brown, Kevin Byard, Dell Pettus, John Saunders Jr., Brenden Schooler, Craig Woodson
— The Patriots didn’t add a safety in the draft or undrafted free agency, so it seems like they’re happy with the group after bringing on veterans Brown and Byard. The Patriots could certainly begin their season with Byard and Woodson as starters, Brown and Pettus as backups, and Schooler as the fifth safety/special-teams ace.
SPECIAL TEAMS (4)
LS Julian Ashby, P Bryce Baringer, K Andres Borregales, LS Niko Lalos
— Baringer has yet to face any competition this offseason, though we’ll see if the Patriots invite a punter to rookie minicamp. Lalos was signed in March. Ashby and Borregales were drafted just last year.
