| Christopher Reina. 14th April, 2009 - 9:11 pm
 Number of drafted Pro Bowlers: 10
(Marked by * below)
Much of the Patriots' success has come from finding the right guys for their system, whether it is via trades (Randy Moss), free agent signings (Adalius Thomas) and the draft (Tom Brady). As far as so-called dynasties go, Bill Belichick's team doesn't have the pure star wattage of the 90's Cowboys or 80's Niners, even with Tom Brady at quarterback.
Various Notes
- New England's success in finding Tom Brady in the sixth round and Matt Cassel in the seventh jumps off the page. These types of hits, however, give other teams the kind of false belief that it is a repeatable method, but very few NFL starting quarterbacks weren't first rounders. There are a lot more Kliff Kingsburys and Rohan Daveys out there than Brady and Cassel.
- Much of the Patriots' line on both sides of the ball were drafted with high picks like Damien Woody, Matt Light, Vince Wilfork and Logan Mankins.
- The Woody, Kevin Faulk draft was in 1999 before Belichick arrived.
- New England lost their own first round pick in 2008, but had the 49ers' pick from a previous trade and they hit a homer on Jerod Mayo who was the Defensive ROY in 2008.
2008
Jerod Mayo, LB (1st, 10th)
Terrence Wheatley, DB (2nd, 62nd)
Shawn Crable, LB (3rd, 78th)
Kevin O’Connell, QB (3rd, 94th)
Jonathan Wilhite, DB (4th, 129th)
Matt Slater, WR (5th, 153rd)
Bo Ruud, LB (6th, 197th)
2007
Brandon Meriweather, DB (1st, 24th)
Kareem Brown, DT (4th, 127th)
Clint Oldenburg, T (5th, 171st)
Justin Rogers, LB (6th, 180th)
Mike Richardson, DB (6th, 202nd)
Justise Hairston, RB (6th, 208th)
Corey Hilliard, T (6th, 209th)
Oscar Lua, LB (7th, 211th)
Mike Elgin, G (7th, 247th)
2006
Laurence Maroney, RB (1st, 21st)
Chad Jackson, WR (2nd, 36th)
David Thomas, TE (3rd, 86th)
Garrett Mills, FB (4th, 106th)
*Stephen Gostkowski, K (4th, 118th)
Ryan O’Callaghan, T (5th, 136th)
Jeremy Mincey, DE (6th, 191st)
Dan Stevenson, G (6th, 205th)
LeKevin Smith, DT (6th, 206th)
Willie Andrews, DB (7th, 229th)
2005
*Logan Mankins, G (1st, 32nd)
Ellis Hobbs, DB (3rd, 84th)
Nick Kaczur, T (3rd, 100th)
James Sanders, DB (4th, 133rd)
Ryan Claridge, LB (5th, 170th)
Matt Cassel, QB (7th, 230th)
Andy Stokes, TE (7th, 255th)
2004
*Vince Wilfork, NT (1st, 21st)
Ben Watson, TE (1st, 32nd)
Marquise Hill, DE (2nd, 63rd)
Guss Scott, DB (3rd, 95th)
Dexter Reid, DB (4th, 113th)
Cedric Cobbs, RB (4th, 128th)
P.K. Sam, WR (5th, 164th)
Christian Morton, DB (7th, 233rd)
2003
Ty Warren, DE (1st, 13th)
Eugene Wilson, DB (2nd, 36th)
Bethel Johnson, WR (2nd, 45th)
Dan Klecko, DT (4th, 117th)
*Asante Samuel, DB (4th, 120th)
*Dan Koppen, C (5th, 164th)
Kliff Kingsbury, QB (6th, 201st)
Spencer Nead, FB (7th, 234th)
Tully Banta-Cain, LB (7th, 239th)
Ethan Kelley, DT (7th, 243rd)
2002
Daniel Graham, TE (1st, 21st)
Deion Branch, WR (2nd, 65th)
Rohan Davey, QB (4th, 117th)
Jarvis Green, DE (4th, 126th)
Antwoine Womack, RB (7th, 237th)
David Givens, WR (7th, 253rd)
2001
*Richard Seymour, DE (1st, 6th)
*Matt Light, T (2nd, 48th)
Brock Williams, DB (3rd, 86th)
Kenyatta Jones, T (4th, 96th)
Jabari Holloway, TE (4th, 119th)
Hakim Akbar, LB (5th, 163rd)
Arther Love, TE (6th, 180th)
Leonard Myers, DB (6th, 200th)
Owen Pochman, K (7th, 216th)
T.J. Turner, LB (7th, 239th)
2000
Adrian Klemm, G (2nd, 46th)
J.R. Redmond, RB (3rd, 76th)
Greg Randall, T (4th, 127th)
Dave Stachelski, TE (5th, 141st)
Jeff Marriott, DT (5th, 161st)
Antwan Harris, DB (6th, 187th)
*Tom Brady, QB (6th, 199th)
David Nugent, DE (6th, 201st)
Casey Tisdale, LB (7th, 226th)
Patrick Pass, FB (7th, 239th)
1999
*Damien Woody, C (1st, 17th)
Andy Katzenmoyer, LB (1st, 28th)
Kevin Faulk, RB (2nd, 46th)
Tony George, DB (3rd, 91st)
Derrick Fletcher, T (5th, 154th)
Marcus Washington, DB (6th, 180th)
Michael Bishop, QB (7th, 227th)
*Sean Morey, WR (7th, 241st)
1998
Robert Edwards, RB (1st, 18th)
Tebucky Jones, DB (1st, 22nd)
Tony Simmons, WR (2nd, 52nd)
Rod Rutledge, TE (2nd, 54th)
Chris Floyd, RB (3rd, 81st)
Greg Spires, DE (3rd, 83rd)
Leonta Rheams, DT (4th, 115th)
Ron Merkerson, LB (5th, 145th)
Harold Shaw, RB (6th, 176th)
Jason Andersen, G (7th, 211th)
1997
Chris Canty, DB (1st, 29th)
Brandon Mitchell, DE (2nd, 59th)
Sedrick Shaw, RB (3rd, 61st)
Chris Carter, DB (3rd, 89th)
Damon Denson, G (4th, 97th)
Ed Ellis, T (4th, 125th)
Vernon Crawford, LB (5th, 159th)
Tony Gaiter, WR (6th, 192nd)
Scott Rehberg, G (7th, 230th) |
