The New England Patriots leaned on the free agency market in search of a depth booster for the team’s offensive line and found just that.
On Wednesday, the Patriots signed guard Nick Leverett, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Flower, closing the door on the 27-year-old’s three-year debut run with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Leverett, who joined the Buccaneers in 2020 as an undrafted free agent out of Rice University, underwent a rocky stint in Tampa Bay. He first began as a member of the team’s practice squad but was briefly waived in 2021. That prevented Leverett from partaking in Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl LV victory over the Kansas City Chiefs as he wasn’t on the active roster.