Overview
- Vrabel’s on-field work with Max Iheanachor, captured Friday at Arizona State’s Pro Day, was filmed by local reporters and spread quickly online.
- Iheanachor said he met the Patriots after the Combine and later took a top-30 visit to Foxborough, calling Vrabel’s teaching a blessing and noting specific tips he received.
- New England’s interest tracks with need as Drake Maye took 48 regular-season sacks and six more in the Super Bowl, with 35-year-old Morgan Moses aging and Will Campbell’s spot still in flux.
- The 6-foot-6, 321-pound right tackle is a latecomer to football who rose from JUCO to Arizona State, earned All–Big 12 second-team honors, and ran a 4.91-second 40 at the Combine.
- Analysts differ on his draft slot, with some projecting him near the Patriots’ No. 31 pick and Bleacher Report ranking him the No. 6 tackle and No. 77 overall, while several teams’ executives also scouted him at the Tempe workout.