Chad Ryland and Sidy Sow spent four years together as teammates at Eastern Michigan before Ryland transferred to Maryland prior to the 2022 season. They are now reunited in New England after the Patriots selected them both in the fourth-round of the 2023 NFL Draft.
Once Sow was selected just five picks after Ryland, he immediately knew who his first call would go too.
“I was about to realize my dream but right after that the first person that I called was Chad because I knew that he had just gotten drafted by the Patriots,” Sow said in his introductory conference call.