The Patriots signed rookie tight finish CJ Dippre to their 53-man roster Monday.
The transfer is available in a sequence of transactions that additionally noticed the Patriots waive rookie security John Saunders Jr., signal linebacker Otis Reese to their observe squad and place linebacker Darius Harris on observe squad injured reserve.
Dippre, 23, has spent the entire season on the Patriots’ observe squad, the place he has but to be elevated for a recreation. The Maryland and Alabama product is the workforce’s largest tight finish at a listed 6-foot-5, 256 kilos.
Veteran tight finish Austin Hooper missed Thursday evening’s win over the Jets with a concussion. The Patriots stuffed his spot on the sphere by making heart/guard Ben Brown eligible as a jumbo tight finish. Fullback Jack Westover additionally performed inline.
Saunders was energetic for Thursday evening’s recreation however didn’t play. Harris has been elevated from the observe squad thrice to fill a task on particular groups. Reese, 27, spent the 2023 season with Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel on the Titans. He was most not too long ago on the Payments. It will not be shocking if he wound up filling a special-teams linebacker function beforehand stuffed by Harris and Mark Robinson.
Dippre, who joined the Patriots as an undrafted free agent, caught 65 passes for 782 yards with three touchdowns in 4 faculty seasons.
