Patriots place Ronnie Perkins on season-ending injured reserve

BOSTON — As a rookie in 2021, Ronnie Perkins didn’t play in any respect for the Patriots. He will not be taking part in in 12 months two, both.

The surface linebacker was positioned on injured reserve on Tuesday, ending his 2022 season. The Patriots additionally positioned offensive lineman Andrew Steuber on the reserve/non-football harm listing so as to trim the energetic roster to 80 on the 4 p.m. deadline.

Perkins was the crew’s third decide final 12 months, after Mac Jones (fifteenth total) and Christian Barmore (thirty eighth total). Taken within the third spherical at No. 96 total, Perkins had recorded 5.5 sacks in six video games performed in 2020, his closing season at Oklahoma. In his collegiate profession, he had 16.5 sacks and 98 whole tackles in 61 video games performed as a defensive finish for the Sooners.

Perkins was anticipated to have some potential to assist the Patriots’ move rush however was inactive for the primary 13 video games of the season earlier than being positioned on injured reserve in Week 15. He noticed some motion within the preseason this summer time, recording six whole tackles and registering a sack within the closing minutes of the win in opposition to the Panthers.

Steuber was drafted by the Patriots within the seventh spherical of this 12 months’s draft out of Michigan.