In recent years, the fifth round of the NFL draft has become the sweet spot to add special teamers for the New England Patriots. The team added long snapper Joe Cardona as the 166th overall selection in 2015 and just last year brought place kicker Justin Rohrwasser on board with pick No. 159.
Their Patriots careers went quite differently — Cardona is one of the league’s best long snappers while Rohrwasser was released earlier this year after a season on the practice squad — but the team has shown that it is not afraid to take special teams flyers in Round 5.