The Patriots’ depth chart at wide receiver was in dire need of an addition entering Thursday’s NFL Draft. Bill Belichick addressed that want with the final pick of the first round: Arizona State wideout N’Keal Harry.
The Patriots coach had never before drafted a receiver in the opening round during his 20-year New England tenure, and the franchise had not picked a receiver in the first round since Terry Glenn in 1996.
Tom Brady’s newest target checks in at 6-foot-2, 228-pounds and left college with 2,889 receiving yards and 22 touchdowns to his name. Harry, a two-time All-Pac-12 selection, should bolster an offense that will be without retired tight end Rob Gronkowski and indefinitely suspended receiver Josh Gordon.