If you’re looking for an unforeseen star at New England Patriots educational camp, look no further than Devin Ross.
Ross, a 25-year-old open receiver who spent most of last season on the Patriots practice team, has several of the camp’s best impressive offensive moves so far.
On Monday, in the first padded practice of the Patriots of the summer, he fired a deep ball of Brian Hoyer, beating sophomore Joejuan Williams on the play. He and Hoyer reconnected on Tuesday, this time veteran Jason McCourty found himself on the left wing.
Ross also beat defensive player of the year Stephon Gilmore for an unprotected landing last week, according to a report by Patriots.com.
The scope of the war from the Patriots’ broad list has been reduced after the departures of Sean Riley and Quincy Adeboyejo and the exclusion of Marqise Lee, and with Jeff Thomas, Will Hastings, Julian Edelman and now N’Keal Harry who are running out of time this week. . Array Ross seized its opportunities.
And Bill Belichick noticed.
“Devin is a child worker,” the Patriots head coach said at a video convention before Wednesday’s practice. “I think when we had it last year, I’m not sure it’s a hundred percent healthy. He’s healthy, but I think he won, besides that he had a low season (in the Patriots system). Although he was not supervised in the building, he is still supervised training.
“I think he stepped up from this year to the last year. We’ll see how things happen here, but yes, it turns out he’s in a position to pass and in a position to compete, and we pass to see how.” everything comes together.”
Ross, who doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page, joined the Patriots practice squad last October after stints with the Tennessee Titans, who signed him as a loose agent not drafted in 2018, and the Philadelphia Eagles. The Colorado product has not yet made the impression in a regular NFL season game.
As Edelman, Harry and Mohamed Sanu are expected to be among the players, Ross is fighting Damiere Byrd, Jakobi Meyers, Gunner Olszewski, Thomas, Hastings and Isaiah Zuber for one of the last places as a catcher.