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2023 NFL mock draft: Patriots make surprising first-round pick

The New England Patriots will select 14th overall in this year’s draft, and there are several directions they could go to address their needs. If a new mock draft published over at The 33rd Team is to be believed, however, they will instead do something entirely different and make a rather surprising selection:

14. New England Patriots: Andre Carter, Edge, Army

Coach Bill Belichick loves the service academies, and he makes Carter the first service academy first-round pick since Tex Coulter in 1947.

The pick is not a surprise because of the player taken.