After drafting 12 players and signing nine rookie free agents, the Patriots now have 88 players on their roster. NFL teams are not allowed to have more than 80 players under contract at any time, but since the team's rookies have yet to ink contracts, the number of players on the roster can surpass 80.
Here is the breakdown:
Quarterback (4): Brady, Hoyer, Robinson, Rowe
Running back (6): Maroney, Taylor, Morris, Faulk, Green-Ellis, Paschall
Receiver (13): Moss, Welker, Holt, Edelman, Tate, Aiken, Price, Patten, Stanback, Slater, Anderson, Jenkins, Farnham
Tight end (5): Crumpler, Gronkowski, Hernandez, Agnone, Myers
Offensive line (14): Light, Mankins, Koppen, Neal, Kaczur, Vollmer, LeVoir, Ohrnberger, Larsen, Welch, Wendell, Connolly, Bussey, Wise
Defensive line (13): Wilfork, T. Warren, Wright, G. Warren, Lewis, Brace, Pryor, Richard, Deaderick, Weston, Gordon, Grady, Love
Linebacker (14): Mayo, Guyton, McKenzie, Spikes, Banta-Cain, Ninkovich, Woods, Crable, Cunningham, Murrell, Davis, Alexander, Williams, Fletcher
Defensive back (15): Bodden, Butler, McCourty, Springs, Wilhite, Wheatley, Meriweather, McGowan, Chung, Sanders, Arrington, Lockett, Brown, Johnson, Ventrone
Specialists (4): Gostkowski, Mesko, King, Ingram