Pats Pulpit · Jan 18, 2023
2023 NFL mock draft: Patriots make surprising first-round pick
Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe 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.
