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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.
FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | An Early Look at 2011 CB Charting Devin McCourty is having a big sophomore slump, but he’s not the only one; Sam Shields and E.J. Biggers are also second-year corners who had excellent charting numbers as rookies but haven’t found as much success this season.