The Patriots have signed undrafted defensive end Clay Nurse from the University of Illinois.
Nurse is listed at 6-foot-3, 260 pounds. As a senior in 2010, he started all 13 games, amassing 23 tackles and four sacks, forcing one fumble and recovering two.
As he announced on Twitter, "Its a blessing to finally be able to say that...... Im a New England PATROIT!!!!!!!"