When you see Patriots fifth-round pick Bradyn Swinson out and about in Foxboro, chances are the edge rusher is going to have a football in his hands.

The New England Patriots selected LSU EDGE Bradyn Swinson with the No. 146 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft. "Solid" is a word that kept coming up while watching Bradyn Swinson’s tape and writing his scouting report. He should enter the NFL as a decent pass-rusher and has a chance to develop into a complete player by growing as a run defender.

Two years before the Patriots drafted him in the fifth round Saturday afternoon, Bradyn Swinson changed teams in college. A talented edge rusher, Swinson transferred from Oregon to LSU and fit right in with a Tigers defense that has a history of producing NFL-level talent. But it wasn’t a pass rusher Swinson took after at LSU. It was a quarterback.