{"id":618691,"date":"2026-05-02T05:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T05:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/618691\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T05:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T05:42:09","slug":"patriots-undrafted-rookie-class-up-to-12-after-latest-reported-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/618691\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots\u2019 undrafted rookie class up to 12 after latest reported signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The New England Patriots showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-draft\/126438\/2026-prospects-interest-visits-workouts-meetings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">serious interest<\/a> in Missouri linebacker Khalil Jacobs heading into last week\u2019s NFL Draft, hosting him on a 30 visit and also meeting him both at his pro day and virtually. Six days after the final round of the draft passed without him hearing his name called, Jacobs has now made his way to New England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to NFL insider Joseph Pasteris, the Patriots have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JPasteris_NFL\/status\/2050220113819795849?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">agreed to terms<\/a> with the 22-year-old. This means that the number of reported undrafted free agents signed by the club now stands at 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Patriots\u2019 undrafted rookie class at this point in time is heavy on offensive players; eight of the 12 are playing on that side of the ball. Among them are four wide receivers, which appears to be a fairly high number but needs to be viewed in the context of New England not picking any wideouts in the draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In addition to the 12 reported UDFA signings above, the Patriots also invited nine free agents to participate in their rookie minicamp. The three-day event will kick off on Friday, May 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With Jacobs added, the Patriots have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patspulpit.com\/new-england-patriots-depth-chart\/122534\/updated-roster-practice-squad-2026-nfl-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two open spots available<\/a> on their roster. None of the UDFA signings have yet been made official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots showed serious interest in Missouri linebacker Khalil Jacobs heading into last week\u2019s NFL Draft,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[223497,208290,74524,23433,349,99],"class_list":["post-618691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-new-england-patriots-draft","tag-new-england-patriots-free-agency","tag-new-england-patriots-roster","tag-new-england-patriots-news","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}