Many experts and analysts have penned the Patriots’ roster as one that doesn’t have much top-tier talent. However, the team may have some diamonds in the rough.
Running back Rhamondre Stevenson was ranked third on Football Outsiders’ Rivers McCown’s annual list of 25 young, under-the-radar players that could breakout in the upcoming season.
McCown, who only selected players drafted outside of the first round through the 2019-21 drafts for the list, placed Stevenson so high in part because of his success rate on runs. Stevenson ranked third in success rate (59 percent), a Football Outsiders stat that determines how many of a running back’s rushes were “successful” based on down and distance, as a rookie.