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Cole Croston's improbable journey: From college walk-on to Patriots

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots have had a rich history under offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia of developing unheralded prospects into front-line contributors, and Cole Croston is one of the latest in the pipeline.

One of the surprise stories of 2017 training camp, the undrafted free agent from the University of Iowa made the initial 53-man roster and is being groomed behind the scenes.

That Croston is in the NFL is one of the more improbable turns of events, considering he didn’t have any scholarship offers coming out of high school and was a 200-pound walk-on at Iowa.