Who Is Matt Sokol And What To Expect From Him.

The Patriots signed 26 year old tight end Matt Sokol. Sokol is on his fourth team since coming into the league, previously spending time with the Lions, Chargers, and Jaguars. While not much is expected from Sokol but to be a camp body, I thought it be good to see why four teams have invested time in the former Spartan.

College Experience 

Sokol played in 50 games for the Spartans, starting 23 games. He had 31 catches for 348 yards and 2 touchdowns. They also had him try to carry the ball once. It ended in a 4 yard loss. Sokol was mainly known for his blocking.

Scouting Report

DraftBlaster.com wrote, "Essentially you have to throw out last year’s tape for players on the Spartan’s offense, as that unit utterly collapsed under poor coaching and a QB injury that never got resolved. To that end, Sokol is a tight end prospect that is going under the radar, and could end up being a major sleeper in the draft. Wasn’t utilized in the passing game as much as expected, but shows nice acceleration off of the snap and is able to get open with a big catch radius. Good as both a run and pass blocker, and projects as a very good all around prospect at the position."

Overall Thoughts

The Patriots need a camp body. Sokol could be the Patriots next Matt LaCosse, as in a backup who earns playing time for the Patriots. He played H-back at Michigan State. And with the Patriots not having a fullback, the tight ends are going to have to play that role. Jonnu Smith is going to need someone to give him a breather from time to time and Dalton Keene has issues staying healthy. Sokol projects as nothing more then a practice squad guy at the moment but that could change. He's definitely got the size to but does he have the ability. Being his fourth team, he's going to have to show the Patriots something.