New Patriots rookie Bradyn Swinson picked up an interesting habit. Here's why he carrie an NFL football with him everywhere he goes

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.

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.