Connecting the Patriots 2023 draft class

The 12 players the New England Patriots selected in the 2023 NFL Draft have more in common than you might realize.Mike Dussault

The Patriots came away with 12 prospects from this year's draft, an interesting class that spans all three phases of the game and many of them have some surprising connections already in place both to the team that drafted them and to each other. That familiarity should help ease their