{"id":829237,"date":"2026-07-27T13:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829237\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T13:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T13:21:11","slug":"will-campbell-carrying-lessons-from-nfl-vets-into-patriots-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/829237\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Campbell carrying lessons from NFL vets into Patriots training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">New England Patriots left tackle and 2025 first-round draft selection Will Campbell took advantage of opportunities outside of the organization this offseason, training with NFL veterans in Dallas, he told media members on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cA ton of knowledge,\u201d Will Campbell said after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-training-camp\/131792\/patriots-training-camp-recap-day-2-sunday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday\u2019s practice<\/a> about what he took away from the experience. \u201cI work with a lot of guys who have been around a long time and done it at a high level for a long time. So just anything that they could teach me that could help me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cOr whether that\u2019s football or off the field, or just training and just being around in the same environment. I always want to put myself in the best position possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Lane Johnson, Tristan Wirfs, Rashawn Slater and New York Jets 2025 first-round pick Armand Membou invited Campbell south of Foxboro, where the group trained with the world\u2019s strongest man, Mitchell Hooper, and a former Navy SEAL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While training, Campbell strengthened his relationships with the veterans who were present, saying he feels that he can always reach out to them if needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Campbell suffered the injury during Week 12 against the Cincinnati Bengals. Still, the second-year lineman quickly returned for New England\u2019s postseason run, but his effectiveness dipped during those final five contests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Entering training camp, the LSU product said he\u2019s feeling \u201cgreat\u201d when asked about his recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cIt\u2019s exciting,\u201d Campbell said about being back in Foxboro. \u201c[It\u2019s] good to be back. Good to see everybody. [I\u2019m] excited about what we have, and I\u2019m ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Though the two are still early in that process, as Vera-Tucker was limited in his participation through most of the spring, recovering from a torn triceps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cJust continue to grow every day,\u201d Campbell said of his goals. \u201cJust me and [Alijah Vera-Tucker] continuing to get comfortable playing next to each other and just doing my job to the best of my ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The left-side tandem will look to build on the Patriots\u2019 offensive line improvement from 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New England Patriots left tackle and 2025 first-round draft selection Will Campbell took advantage of opportunities outside of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,289688,46070,289689,514,82],"class_list":["post-829237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-new-england-patriots-first-read","tag-new-england-patriots-news","tag-new-england-patriots-training-camp","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}