New England Patriots

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the New England Patriotsfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth (complete 1999+, legend-era via validated Wikipedia/NFL.com grids).

Every position room New England Patriots has passed down, steadiest first. The QB room is their most stable — 6 holders across 42 years, a new one every 7 on average.

1. QB6 holders · 5 handoffs · 1983–2024 · one every 7y
   Tony Eason1983–1989→Doug Flutie1987–2005→Drew Bledsoe1993–2001→Tom Brady2000–2019→Brian Hoyer2009–2022→Jacoby Brissett2016–2024
2. Specialists8 holders · 7 handoffs · 1996–2025 · one every 3.8y
   Tom Tupa1996–1998→Adam Vinatieri1996–2005→Josh Miller2004–2006→Stephen Gostkowski2006–2019→Ryan Allen2013–2018→Jake Bailey2019–2022→Nick Folk2019–2022→Bryce Baringer2023–2025
3. TE14 holders · 13 handoffs · 1981–2025 · one every 3.2y
   Lin Dawson1981–1989→Eric Sievers1989–1990→Marv Cook1989–1993→Ben Coates1991–1999→John Burke1994–1996→Lovett Purnell1997–1998→Christian Fauria2002–2005→Daniel Graham2002–2006→Benjamin Watson2004–2019→Aaron Hernandez2010–2012→Rob Gronkowski2010–2018→Martellus Bennett2016–2017→Hunter Henry2021–2025→Austin Hooper2024–2025
4. WR28 holders · 27 handoffs · 1983–2025 · one every 1.5y
   Stephen Starring1983–1987→Irving Fryar1984–1992→Hart Lee Dykes1989–1990→Michael Timpson1989–1994→Greg McMurtry1990–1993→Vincent Brisby1993–1999→Troy Brown1993–2006→Shawn Jefferson1996–1999→Terry Glenn1996–2001→Tony Simmons1998–2000→David Patten2001–2004→David Givens2002–2005→Deion Branch2002–2012→Jabar Gaffney2006–2008→Randy Moss2007–2009→Donte' Stallworth2007–2012→Wes Welker2007–2012→Julian Edelman2009–2020→Danny Amendola2013–2017→Brandon LaFell2014–2015→Chris Hogan2016–2018→Brandin Cooks2017→Phillip Dorsett2017–2019→Josh Gordon2018–2019→Jakobi Meyers2019–2022→Kendrick Bourne2021–2024→DeMario Douglas2023–2025→Kayshon Boutte2023–2025
5. LB25 holders · 24 handoffs · 1992–2025 · one every 1.4y
   Todd F. Collins1992–1998→Willie McGinest1994–2005→Ted Johnson1995–2004→Tedy Bruschi1996–2008→Roman Phifer2001–2004→Mike Vrabel2001–2008→Rosevelt Colvin2003–2008→Tully Banta-Cain2003–2010→Junior Seau2006–2009→Adalius Thomas2007–2009→Gary Guyton2008–2011→Jerod Mayo2008–2015→Rob Ninkovich2009–2016→Brandon Spikes2010–2013→Dont'a Hightower2012–2021→Jamie Collins2013–2022→Trey Flowers2015–2018→Elandon Roberts2016–2019→Kyle Van Noy2016–2021→Ja'Whaun Bentley2018–2024→Joshua Uche2020–2024→Anfernee Jennings2020–2025→Matthew Judon2021–2023→Jahlani Tavai2021–2025→Marte Mapu2023–2025
6. RB37 holders · 36 handoffs · 1980–2025 · one every 1.2y
   Vagas Ferguson1980–1982→Robert Weathers1982–1986→Reggie Dupard1986–1989→Bob Perryman1987–1990→John Stephens1988–1992→Jon Vaughn1991–1992→Leonard Russell1991–1993→Kevin Turner1992–1994→Sam Gash1992–1997→Leroy Thompson1994→Curtis Martin1995–1997→Dave Meggett1995–1997→Keith Byars1996–1997→Marrio Grier1996–1997→Robert Edwards1998→Tony Carter1998–2000→Kevin Faulk1999–2011→Patrick Pass2000–2006→Marc Edwards2001–2002→Antowain Smith2001–2003→Corey Dillon2004–2006→Heath Evans2005–2008→Laurence Maroney2006–2009→Sammy Morris2007–2010→BenJarvus Green-Ellis2008–2011→Danny Woodhead2010–2012→Shane Vereen2011–2014→Stevan Ridley2011–2014→Brandon Bolden2012–2021→LeGarrette Blount2013–2016→James Develin2013–2019→James White2014–2021→Dion Lewis2015–2017→Rex Burkhead2017–2020→Sony Michel2018–2020→Damien Harris2019–2022→Rhamondre Stevenson2021–2025

+2 more rooms with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1980–2025 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.