Overview
- New England selected Wake Forest corner Karon Prunty in Round 5 at pick 171 on Saturday after a long wait since their last selection.
- The team had scouted him closely, with a 30 visit, a meeting at his pro day, and a trip to Gillette Stadium during the process.
- Prunty measures about 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds and posted a reported 4.45-second 40 with a 6.82 three-cone that would have led corners at the combine.
- He brings outside-corner experience and ball disruption, which fits a depth need behind All-Pro Christian Gonzalez following free-agency turnover at the position.
- Early grades skewed low, citing a gap with consensus boards that listed him far later, even as some analysts pointed to strong PFF coverage marks and useful length and speed.