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Patriots’ best rookie free-agent signings in Bill Belichick’s tenure: long snapper Lonie Paxton (2000); guard Stephen Neal (2001), cornerback Randall Gay (2004), defensive lineman Mike Wright (2005), outside linebacker Pierre Woods (2006), Green-Ellis (2008), linebacker Gary Guyton (2008), center Ryan Wendell (2008), quarterback Brian Hoyer (2009), linebacker Dane Fletcher (2010), defensive lineman Kyle Love (2010), defensive end Justin Francis (2012) and running back Brandon Bolden (2012).