FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In a uncommon commerce between AFC East rivals, the New England Patriots have acquired Miami Dolphins large receiver DeVante Parker and a 2022 fifth-round draft choose in trade for a 2023 third-round choose, a supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday.
The Dolphins’ acquisition of Tyreek Hill and the free-agent signing of Cedrick Wilson Jr. made Parker expendable. Miami will now have two first-round picks, a second-rounder and two third-rounders within the 2023 NFL draft.
In the meantime, Parker may very well be a prime possibility for Patriots second-year quarterback Mac Jones, becoming a member of a receiving corps that features prime returnees Jakobi Meyers, Nelson Agholor and Kendrick Bourne.
Jones instantly took to Twitter to welcome his latest teammate to New England, saying, “Let’s go”, to which Parker replied: “Let’s get it huge dawg.”
The Patriots inherit the remaining two years of Parker’s contract, which requires him to earn base salaries of $5.65 million in 2022 and $5.7 million in 2023.
The Patriots expect to obtain a compensatory third-round choose in 2023 on account of shedding cornerback J.C. Jackson in free company.
Since Invoice Belichick grew to become head coach of the Patriots in 2000, that is solely the fifth commerce New England has made with the Dolphins. Essentially the most notable got here in 2007 when the Patriots dealt second- and seventh-round picks to Miami for receiver Wes Welker, who went on to set the franchise document for receptions (672).
Belichick is aware of Parker properly from having ready his groups to face him since 2015, when the Louisville alum entered the NFL as a first-round choose of the Dolphins.
“He is obtained a really, superb talent set,” Belichick stated of Parker earlier than a sport in opposition to the Dolphins in 2020. “He is a giant athlete that runs properly, has good palms, good run-after-the-catch capacity, and good quickness for his measurement. He presents plenty of issues on deep balls. He is a giant goal on the top of routes in-cuts and crossing routes. He is sturdy, can break tackles as a catcher or run participant, so he assaults all three ranges of the protection and will be productive in any respect three [receiver spots].”
The 6-foot-3, 219-pound Parker performed in 10 video games final season (eight begins) and totaled 40 receptions for 515 yards and two touchdowns.
Over his NFL profession, he has performed in 93 video games (64 begins), totaling 338 receptions for 4,727 yards and 24 touchdowns. He is the Dolphins’ sixth-leading receiver all time.
Parker’s breakout season got here in 2019, when he recorded 1,202 yards and 9 touchdowns on 72 catches. Nevertheless, his manufacturing was restricted by his well being over the following two seasons, by which he missed 9 mixed video games and recorded a complete of 1,308 receiving yards.
Because the Dolphins’ new teaching employees assembled a receiver room that specialised in creating separation and yards after the catch, Parker — historically a possession receiver — stood because the odd man out.
ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques contributed to this report.