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Patriots Draft Karon Prunty: Reach or Steal In Fifth Round?
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Patriots Draft Karon Prunty: Reach or Steal In Fifth Round?

New England Patriots On SI·Ethan Hurwitz·about 1 month ago
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When the New England Patriots selected Wake Forest cornerback Karon Prunty in the fifth round, it's safe to assume most people in Massachusetts didn't know who that was. After all, some draft boards online didn't even have a headshot of the draft prospect. That didn't matter for the Patriots , who drafted Prunty with the 171st overall pick in this year's draft. The 24-year-old Prunty is a bit of a college journeyman, starting his career at Kansas before transferring briefly to South Carolina. He later went to North Carolina A&T, where he played fantastic football, before finishing his career at Wake Forest. The boundary defender took a "Top 30" visit with the team, which gave the Patriots' front office confidence in the pick -- even if some online didn't view him as highly.…

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