Nate Ebner’s 2017 campaign came to a quick end in November, when he tore his ACL on a fake punt play. Despite coming off the injury, the New England Patriots re-signed the special teams ace to a two-year contract in the offseason. And even though he then started training camp on the physically unable to perform list, Ebner was quickly removed from it again and ready to go for the 2018 season.
So far this year, he appeared in 15 of New England’s 16 regular season games — he missed week 12 due to a minor knee injury — and led the Patriots in both playing time and special teams tackles: Ebner was on the field for 72.