Former New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman was once the steal of the draft himself, a former seventh-round pick who eventually became a Patriots Hall of Famer.
So, he knows a draft steal when he sees one. He believes the Patriots have another one in second-round rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson.
Edelman, who earned MVP of Super Bowl LIII, lauded Henderson in a conversation with NBC Sports Boston’s Tom E. Curran on the Patriots Talk podcast.
“TreVeyon Henderson is probably the steal of the draft,” Edelman told Curran on Tuesday. “I think that’s the kind of guy you needed to draft that becomes part of that nucleus with Drake (Maye). That’s how you build your team.
“You build your team through the draft, guys that you want to come in to implement what your identity is,” Edelman added. “Just from hearing coaches speak about him with his maturity, the way he is as a professional, that’s gonna be really good.
“If he can go out and have production, everyone’s gonna see how he works, how he is as a person on and off the field. It makes the other guys in the locker room like, ‘Man, that’s why he’s doing this.’ So I think that was my biggest takeaway [from training camp]. He could be a really good weapon.”
Henderson has been a training camp darling, scoring two touchdowns in two preseason games. On the first play of his NFL career, he took a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown.
Henderson could be a fantasy football star as well, as his pass-catching, blocking, and short-yardage skills could potentially make him a three-down back.
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