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Mark Wahlberg made a pitch for the Patriots to draft JL Skinner. It didn’t work.

Mark Wahlberg is always looking to help his home state.

Wahlberg ran into Boise State defensive back JL Skinner in an Albertsons parking lot while shooting a video in Boise, Idaho, and immediately tried to make him a Patriot.

“You going to New England, right?” Wahlberg said.

Skinner said “I’m trying” and added that the Patriots were, in fact, looking at him. He then took out his phone to get a video with Wahlberg, and Wahlberg put in a good word for Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

“Coach, come on, right here.