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71 days till Patriots season opener: Every player to wear No. 71 for New England

Here’s a list of every Patriots player to wear the No. 71 jersey number.

With 71 days left until the regular season opener for the New England Patriots, we are looking at every player for the franchise that has ever worn the No. 71 jersey.

Offensive guard Michael Onwenu, who is one of the most underrated offensive players in the NFL, currently wears the number for New England. He was snubbed from the Pro Bowl in 2022, despite having the fourth-highest Pro Football Focus grade at his position.

Cleveland Browns guard Joel Bitonio was the only other AFC offensive guard with a higher grade than Onwenu.

Of course, there have been other standouts to wear the jersey, from offensive linemen to defensive linemen. Here’s every Patriots player that has worn the No. 71 jersey throughout franchise history (via Pro Football Reference):

Former Alabama DL Brandon Deaderick lands coaching job

Former Alabama defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick has landed an assistant coaching job at EMCC, a JUCO college in Mississippi.

Former Alabama defensive lineman Brandon Deaderick has landed himself a new assistant coaching job at East Mississippi Community College, also known as EMCC.

That fantastic news was announced on Sunday via the official Twitter account for EMCC Athletics:

Deaderick played for the University of Alabama from 2005-09. To most, he’s known as the guy who was shot in the forearm in the week leading up to the 2009 Chick-fil-a Kickoff Game against Virginia Tech.

The reason for his recognition is that he still managed to play in that game, and he helped lead the Crimson Tide to a 34-24 victory over the Hokies.

In his career, Deaderick started 31 games and posted 81 total tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks. He followed up his time in Tuscaloosa by being drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round (No. 247 overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft.

After a fairly successful stint with the Patriots from 2010-12 which included a start in Super Bowl XLVI, the 6-foot-4, 305-pound defensive lineman spent time with the Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, Houston Texans and, most recently, the Buffalo Bills in 2015.

Deaderick has spent the past two seasons working as a defensive quality control assistant at the University of Tennessee under former Tide defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt, but now he’s moving to Mississippi to take on his fire on-field coaching job.

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