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Patriots Top 50 Prospects: #42: Hasaan Hypolite, LB/S, Houston

Hypolite was a three time captain for the Cougars. He started his career at Colorado before transferring to Houston. In 12 games last season, he had 33 total tackles and one tackle for loss. His numbers don’t jump out at you but like Marte Mapu in last year’s draft, Hypolite is a hybrid linebacker/safety who can play in all three levels and play a variety of roles. Here is my……

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Pirates Preview: Iowa Barnstormers (0-2) at Massachusetts Pirates (3-0)

The Pirates return off a bye and will look to improve to 4-0 when they host the winless Iowa Barnstormers in Lowell. Massachusetts has won in a variety of ways thus far this season. They look like the early favorite in the IFL. Massachusetts is currently tied with the Vegas Knight Hawks for the best record in the league at 3-0.  Here are three keys to the game.  1. Shake…

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Watts & Takitaki ready to make an impact early

FOXBOROUGH – Patriots fans have a few new names to start learning this season and two of them met the media for the first time on Thursday. Defensive tackle Armon Watts and linebacker Sione Takitaki both spoke for about 10 minutes each following Day 4 of voluntary offseason training. Watts is entering his sixth season in the league, but this will already be his fourth team. Watts played his first…

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Recruiting Roundup: Xaverian

It has been an eventful year at Xaverian. The Westwood Catholic Conference and state power is coming off a D1 title, its first since 2015. Leading the way for the Hawks this past season was quarterback Henry Hasselbeck, who will continue his career at UCLA. Xaverian lost a lot of talent from that squad, but the Hawks should reload and again be one of the top teams in the region…….

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Patriots Top 50 Prospects: #43: Ainias Smith, WR, Texas A&M

Image courtesy of Texas A&M Smith caught 53 passes for 795 yards and two touchdowns in his final seasons at Texas A&M. He averaged 15 yards per reception. He is a game breaker who can also be a factor in the return game. Smith was a five year starter at Texas A&M which is hard to do at any school. He finished with 19 career touchdowns. Here is my scouting……

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Top 50 Patriots Prospects: #44: Kam Stutts, OG, Auburn

Image courtesy of Auburn Athletics Stutts played guard at Auburn. He played in 31 games with 25 starts (18 at RG, 7 at LG). He has good size and length and plays with good power as a run blocker. Here is my scouting report on Stutts. Kameron Stutts, OG, 6-4 319, Auburn  Initial Quicks: Gets off the ball with decent quickness. Engages defenders at the contact point and can reset the……

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Matt Slater working as an advisor for the Patriots

Getty Images It has barely been three months since he retired but former Patriots special teams ace Matthew Slater is working with the team in an advisory role. Slater was present for the start of Monday’s off-season program and he worked with several players including safety Jabrill Peppers. Peppers did not seem to know what Slater exact role is but he is excited to work with the multi-time pro bowler….

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