Could the guy who wore No. 87 for the Iowa Hawkeyes end up replacing the guy who wore No. 87 for the New England Patriots these last nine years?
If the latest buzz is to be believed, that’s just what might happen tonight in the 2019 NFL Draft.
A new report links the Patriots to Iowa tight end Noah Fant. Podcaster Tony Pauline of Draft Analyst went so far as to say New England will “seriously consider” trading up to draft Fant before he gets picked up by another team. Fant is currently projected by some experts and analysts to go as high as the early teens, while others think he could fall to the 20s.