Since first joining a Patriots practice in May, rookie Mac Jones has worn a number on his jersey (50) that’s more familiar for a linebacker than a quarterback.
But as team prepares for its first 2021 preseason game, New England’s 2021 first-round pick finally has a “real” number.
The Patriots announced the team’s roster hours before kickoff against the Washington Football Team on Thursday evening, with rookies now attached to numbers more customary to their respective positions.
Jones will wear No. 10, a number once worn by Jimmy Garoppolo. Other notable numbers include wide receiver Tre Nixon — who, as a seventh-round pick, was longtime director of football research Ernie Adams’s final draft contribution — getting to wear No.