FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- First-round draft pick Will Campbell emerged from inside the Gillette Stadium tunnel on his first official day as a member of the New England Patriots, turning the corner onto the field alongside owner Robert Kraft and team president Jonathan Kraft.
With each step, in their crisply pressed sport coats and business attire, they moved closer to the six Super Bowl banners hanging above the south end zone -- proud reminders of the Patriots' prominence from the first decade of the 2000s and the 2010s.
"The biggest thing for me was I wanted to play for an organization that had history," Campbell said, looking in the direction of the red, white and blue championship banners, the day after the former LSU offensive tackle was selected with the fourth overall pick.