Report: Patriots host former first-round safety for workout originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The New England Patriots may not be done adding in the secondary.
The Patriots are hosting safety Jabrill Peppers on a free-agent visit Monday, ESPN’s Field Yates reports.
Peppers spent the past three seasons with the New York Giants and played two seasons for head coach Joe Judge, who’s now in New England as an offensive assistant.
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A first-round draft pick (No. 25 overall) of the Cleveland Browns in 2017, Peppers has been a starting safety for five NFL seasons and deflected a career-high 11 passes in 2020. He’s battled multiple injuries, though, and missed the final 11 games of the 2021 season after suffering a torn ACL and high ankle sprain in Week 7.
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