FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots didn’t select a running back in the NFL draft, then signed just one as a free agent afterward -- Arizona State's D.J. Foster.
A phone call from Bill Belichick closed the deal.
“I was talking to a few teams at the time, but when I got the chance to talk to Coach Belichick, I kind of took a step back and talked to my family, figuring out what’s right for me in my life as a young adult,” Foster relayed Wednesday at Gillette Stadium. “I thought it was the best decision for me.