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So what did the Patriots know about Aaron Hernandez when making him a fourth-round pick in 2010? According to former Patriots employee Floyd Reese, plenty.
Reese, who began hosting a radio show this week in Nashville, said during an interview of Greg Bedard of TheMMQB.com that the Patriots were aware that Hernandez had issues at the University of Florida.
“When he was at Florida, he had some issues there too, there were some things that went on,” Reese said, via Bedard. “We all knew about it. It was just from our standpoint, we were getting a first-round talent in the fourth round under a contract that was going to keep him in line or it wasn’t going to cost us a penny.