It’s no secret that the Patriots struggled on protection final season. They tried to deal with their lagging secondary final offseason with out a lot success, they usually have taken steps this offseason to safe a strong defensive core by agreeing to a one-year cope with cornerback Aqib Talib, re-signing cornerback Marquice Cole and bringing in John Abraham and Dwight Freeney in for free-agent visits.
The Pats continued their seek for high defensive gamers Sunday morning as they held a non-public exercise for former Florida defensive finish Earl Okine. Director of participant personnel Nick Caserio and head coach Invoice Belichick attended the exercise.
At 6-foot-7 and 290 kilos, Okine was a four-year participant at Florida who completed with 27 profession tackles and one sack. Okine garnered the defensive MVP award within the 2013 Texas vs. Nation postseason all-star recreation after posting two sacks and returning a fumble for a landing.
At Florida’s professional day on March 16, Okine posted a 4.98 40-yard sprint, a 33-inch vertical and 25 reps of 225 kilos on the bench press.
Take a look at a few of Okine’s profession highlights within the video under.
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Thumbnail photo via Facebook/Earl Okine
