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.

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

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.