Patriots reveal jersey numbers for veterans, rookies ahead of OTAs

Malcolm Butler will take on a new number with the Patriots, as DeVante Parker takes Julian Edelman’s old number.

The New England Patriots began OTAs and the team announced jersey numbers ahead of the action on Monday.

As the Patriots have done in the past few years, they assigned temporary numbers to all rookies, and NESN.com provided a list. The rookies will wear these numbers until the preseason begins in August.

50: OL Cole Strange
51: WR Tyquan Thornton
52: CB Marcus Jones
53: CB Jack Jones
54: RB Pierre Strong
55: QB Bailey Zappe
58: RB Kevin Harris
59: DL Sam Roberts
62: P Jake Julien
63: OL Chasen Hines
64: DL DaMarcus Mitchell
65: DL LaBryan Ray
66: OL Kody Russey
67: DB Brenden Schooler
69: OL Andrew Stueber

The team had a clever way to introduce the veteran numbers, which include changes from former players and the new ones for new players. Malcolm Butler and DeVante Parker were the most notable — Butler changed from No. 21 to No. 4 and Parker took Julian Edelman’s old number.

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