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Report: Former Iowa All-American Adrian Clayborn reaches deal with Patriots
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Adrian Clayborn is heading north.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the former Iowa All-American agreed to a deal with the Patriots:
Patriots reached agreement with former Falcons’ DE Adrian Clayborn, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 16, 2018
The former first-round pick will have a chance to build on his best NFL season in New England, which will be Clayborn’s third NFL team.
Clayborn spent the previous three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, where he developed into one of the league’s top pass-rushing specialists in 2017. Clayborn racked up a career-best 9.5 sacks, including a franchise-record record six sacks in a win against the Cowboys.
The 29-year-old edge rusher has 167 tackles and 30 sacks in 7 NFL seasons.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.