On Friday afternoon, the Patriots re-signed safety James Ihedigbo, who had a solid first season in New England.
The UMass-Amherst product and Northampton, MA native was signed fairly late in training camp last season but ended up playing way more than expected due to the surprising releases of Brandon Meriweather and James Sanders.
He started in 12 of 16 regular season games and all three postseason games. Ihedigbo put up a career-high 72 tackles with one pass defensed and four special teams tackles. He added 20 tackles and one sack in the playoffs.
It was easy to laugh about his weekly shoulder injuries, he went down in almost every game but to his credit, he usually returned to the field. If nothing else he provides depth to a position that finally has some talent: Patrick Chung, free-agent Steve Gregory and second-round draft choice Tavon Wilson. Other safeties include Josh Barrett, Will Allen, Sergio Brown and rookie Nate Ebner.
As I said last season when they picked him up, it's always cool to see a local guy make it on the Patriots since lord knows Massachusetts (and UMass for that matter) doesn't produce many NFL players.
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