The Patriots have selected Washington wide receiver Jalen Polk, 37th overall.

Give me the skinny on Jalen Polk.

Jalen Polk is a dog.

That's how he's been described to me.

One of the most competitive receivers in this year's class.

He played for that explosive offense with Michael Pennix at Washington

and, of course, benefited from that offense and having Romadunzee to work alongside.

But one of the most competitive guys fights for the ball, a good route runner.

He is not necessarily thought of from the people I've spoken to as a number one type.

He's going to be in that six foot range and probably right around the 200-pound range.

You know, in the Patriots parlance, I think we're talking about a Z receiver here, James.

He's probably a number two, goes in the second round, has a little bit of size, something that this Patriots receiver room doesn't have a ton of right now. James? I think he's a good football player watching him at Washington. He makes plays, runs good routes, makes the contested catches. They have a few guys, a few talented players that will get picked in this draft, just like Roma Dunesay did in the first round. But I think he fits right in with his receiver group. It may not be, you know, a number one guy that really dictates coverage, but they have a lot of talented players. And that's what we had a lot of the times when we were playing. We had some very interchangeable receivers from Julian to Danny Amandola to Chris Hogan, where Julian was the guy, Grant was the main

targets, but each and every one of our receivers in the room really took turns making

plays, and maybe that's what they're looking to do going forward.

Got some official measurements here, Tom, 6'1, 203 pounds, not a burner.

Again, this guy's not a number one receiver necessarily, ran in the

low four-fives. I feel as though this is probably a culture-setting kind of pick. Obviously,

this is a need. They need receiver help. This guy is thought to be incredibly tough and incredibly

competitive. And when you are trying to establish something here the way Elliott Wolf and

Gerard Mayo are and you want to try to add talent at this position, I think you get a two for one with this guy because you get the culture ad and you're addressing the need.

He comes from a really good program. It's got a reputation for turning out really good guys. And he was in a competitive room. And I think that matters too. He's in the room at Romadunze. He's in the room at McMillan.

He was competing on a very high level there.

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