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The New England Patriots announced the hiring of B.J. Edmonds last week, and now they have an official role for the assistant. Edmonds has initially been listed as a defensive assistant, according to a report from ESPN’s Mike Reiss in his Sunday notes column.
Edmonds was a quarterback at Arkansas State during his playing career. He played collegiately from 2016-2019. He began his coaching career in 2020 at Kansas Wesleyan University. He then moved on to Utah State University in 2021 and served three seasons in various roles. This included jobs as a defensive recruiting analyst and a defensive graduate assistant.
He then spent two seasons at Duke in 2024-2025, before taking on the running backs coaching role for a short time at Southern Mississippi.
Reiss wrote:
"The Patriots hired Southern Mississippi running backs coach B.J. Edmonds to an entry-level role on their coaching staff, as reported by ESPN college football senior writer Pete Thamel. Edmonds, who was a cornerback at Arkansas State during his playing career (2016-19) and worked under Banda at Utah State early in his coaching career, was an intern with the Patriots last summer.
The Patriots are initially listing him as a defensive assistant."
Edmonds is a promising coach with the ability to grow under Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and the team's all-star coaching staff. He has ample experience in several different roles, and that versatility could prove useful to the Patriots.
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Edmonds was a quarterback at Arkansas State during his playing career. He played collegiately from 2016-2019. He began his coaching career in 2020 at Kansas Wesleyan University. He then moved on to Utah State University in 2021 and served three seasons in various roles. This included jobs as a defensive recruiting analyst and a defensive graduate assistant.
He then spent two seasons at Duke in 2024-2025, before taking on the running backs coaching role for a short time at Southern Mississippi.
Reiss wrote:
"The Patriots hired Southern Mississippi running backs coach B.J. Edmonds to an entry-level role on their coaching staff, as reported by ESPN college football senior writer Pete Thamel. Edmonds, who was a cornerback at Arkansas State during his playing career (2016-19) and worked under Banda at Utah State early in his coaching career, was an intern with the Patriots last summer.
The Patriots are initially listing him as a defensive assistant."
Edmonds is a promising coach with the ability to grow under Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and the team's all-star coaching staff. He has ample experience in several different roles, and that versatility could prove useful to the Patriots.
Follow Patriots Wire on Twitter and Facebook.
This article originally appeared on Patriots Wire: Patriots new assistant coach's initial role revealed
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