Patriots Draft Resilient TE Eli Raridon

0:00On April 25th, Patriots just snagged Notre Dame Titan Eli Raridin, 95th overall in the third round of the 2026 NFL Draft. Due to fighter who battled back from two brutal ACL tears in the same knee during his college days, Raridin spent four seasons with the fighting Irish, suiting up for 40 games and pulling in 48 catches for 623 yards, and three scores. His resilience turned heads, averaging 13 yards per grab, and about 15.6 yards a game overall, proving he could still ball despite, the setbacks. Last year in 2025, he exploded for 482 receiving yards, showing teams he's got that big play juice. Now with New England, a spec rared on to bring that grit to their tight end room and chase those NFL dreams full throttle. That's the story for today, NFL News Today, driven by AI.