On the second night of the NFL Draft, the Patriots made their first selection, taking safety Kyle Dugger out of Lenoir-Rhyne as the 37th overall pick.
Dugger earned a 6.34 prospect grade from the NFL, projecting that he will be a starter within his first two seasons in the league.
Here are five things to know about the 6-feet-1-inch, 217-pound Dugger,who posted a 4.49 second time in the 40-yard dash and had a vertical jump of 42 inches at the NFL Combine.
An historic pick
The first player from Lenoir-Rhyne to be drafted since 2000 (John Milem), Dugger is the first D2 player to be selected in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft since 2006, when the Oakland Raiders selected Thomas Howard from Texas-El Paso.