The New England Patriots will be headed into the new NFL league year as the owners of six selections in the 2022 draft, with a seventh soon to come their way as well.
The league announced its full draft order on Wednesday morning, one day after revealing the compensatory choices that have been handed out. The Patriots did unsurprisingly not receive any of those following their unprecedented free agency shopping spree last year, but they will still have some solid capital to work with.
As a look at the full list shows, they own at least one pick each in the first five rounds plus two in the sixth:
- Round 1: 21st overall
- Round 2: 54th overall
- Round 3: 85th overall
- Round 4: 127th overall
- Round 5: 170th overall (from Tampa Bay for G Shaq Mason)*
- Round 6: 200th overall
- Round 6: 210th overall (from Los Angeles for RB Sony Michel)
*unofficial selection
While the 170th selection has yet to transfer from Tampa Bay to New England, it is expected to do so: the Patriots traded starting guard Shaq Mason to the Buccaneers on Tuesday, with the move set to become official shortly after the new league year starts on 4 p.