Marcellas Dial
New England PatriotsPos CB
Updated August 24, 2026
Draft & College
Round 6, pick 180 · New England Patriots · 2024
South Carolina (SEC)
Taken
#180
where he actually went
Consensus board
265th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#241
among CB in our college data
He went earlier than consensus.
In college · 2021-2023 · 36 games
3 INT, 27 pass breakups, 110 tackles, 3 TFL
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What this pick usually becomes
Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.