FOXBORO, Mass. – Christian Gonzalez grew to become the twenty first Oregon Duck to ever be chosen within the first spherical of the NFL draft Thursday night time.

Gonzo was on stage Thursday on the draft in Kansas Metropolis. Friday, he is at his new house with the New England Patriots.

Gonzalez was launched to the Boston media Friday afternoon at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, strolling aspect by aspect with Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft.

The 20-year-old Gonzalez was only a teenager when the Patriots have been successful a number of Tremendous Bowls throughout the Tom Brady period.

“Simply rising up, I at all times noticed them successful,” Gonzales mentioned. “Such as you mentioned, six Tremendous Bowls. Grew up in that, simply noticed them successful. Now I’ve a chance to come back in and work with the most effective of the most effective. That is what I like to do. I like to be taught. I like to work. So simply with the ability to do meaning all the things.”

Gonzo is not the one former Duck making the transfer to New England.

Adrian Klemm spent final season as Oregon’s offensive line coach, however in February he joined the Patriots as an assistant.

Regardless that Klemm wasn’t Gonzalez’s place coach at Oregon, he remembers Christian as a pacesetter by instance.

“Sturdy character child. Like I mentioned, he wasn’t in my group however he is anyone I seen simply due to the best way he practiced every single day and simply the mentality he had.

“He is simply all about his enterprise. It actually was like a enterprise deal for him; he got here in simply on an even bigger stage and it labored out for him. He did all of the issues he was alleged to do and anticipated of him, in all probability exceeded expectations and it’s paying dividends.”

Together with Gonzalez and Klemm, former Duck Brenden Schooler joined the Pats final season and made an on the spot affect on particular groups.