The last three years, New England has made 28 draft picks, and 15 of them were college captains – 10 of the last 16 picks made in the last two years. The last three years, Devin McCourty, Brandon Spikes, Stevan Ridley, Ryan Mallett, Dont’a Hightower and Zoltan Mesko were just some of the college captains who were drafted by the Patriots.