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| Massachusetts Pirates | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Director of football personnel development | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1977-12-31)December 31, 1977 (age 47) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Tucker (Tucker, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2000: 7th round, 239th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Patrick DeAndrea Pass (born December 31, 1977) is an Americanfootball coach and formerfullback, who was the director of football personnel development for theMassachusetts Pirates of theIndoor Football League (IFL) until he was suspended from the IFL indefinitely. He was drafted by theNew England Patriots in the seventh round of the2000 NFL draft. He played college football atGeorgia. He has also been a member of theNew York Giants and theHouston Texans.
Pass attendedTucker High School inTucker, Georgia,[citation needed] and lettered infootball andbaseball. In football, he was a three-yearstarter atrunning back, and as a senior, he was also named as an All-USA selection byUSA Today.
Pass attended theUniversity of Georgia, where he played football as a running back,quarterback, receiver, and kick returner. Before his freshman season, he was drafted by theFlorida Marlins in the 1996Major League Baseball draft, and played that summer in the Marlins' farm system. He played again in the Marlins' minor league system before his sophomore and junior seasons in 1997 and 1998.
Pass was drafted by the Patriots as a running back in the seventh round of the2000 NFL draft.[1] He spent two weeks on the Patriots' practice squad in2000 before being activated. In his first start on November 19, Pass played as a running back, wide receiver, and special teamer, recording 39 rushing yards, 16 receiving yards, and two special teams tackles. In the2002 off-season, Pass put on 35 pounds and made the transition to fullback, where he would start for the2004 team. In2005, with top rusherCorey Dillon injured, Pass would see time as a running back, recording a career-high 245 rushing yards that season. However, Pass himself would miss time in 2005 with a hamstring injury suffered against theBuffalo Bills on October 31. In2006, Pass continued to struggle with the injury, being placed on thePhysically Unable to Perform list, and being limited to just three games before going on injured reserve. Pass also saw time as a kick returner in his time with the Patriots, returning 36 kickoffs for 745 yards.
Pass signed with theHouston Texans before the start of the2007 NFL season; the Texans released him on August 29, 2007. Pass was signed by theNew York Giants on November 20, 2007, playing in one game before being released on November 27, 2007.
After spending the2008 NFL season out of football, Pass signed again with the Patriots on June 4, 2009. He was released a week later, on June 11 and retired from the NFL.
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2000 | NWE | 5 | 2 | 18 | 58 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | NWE | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 23 | 1 |
| 2002 | NWE | 15 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | NWE | 13 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| 2004 | NWE | 14 | 4 | 39 | 141 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 215 | 7.7 | 22 | 0 |
| 2005 | NWE | 12 | 4 | 54 | 245 | 4.5 | 31 | 3 | 22 | 227 | 10.3 | 39 | 0 |
| 2006 | NWE | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2007 | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 79 | 11 | 128 | 526 | 4.1 | 31 | 3 | 66 | 570 | 8.6 | 39 | 1 | |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2001 | NWE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | NWE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | NWE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2005 | NWE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
In 2012, Pass became the head coach of the Boston Freedom Fighters, a team in the new Professional Developmental Spring League called the "National Spring Football League".
In 2020, Pass was hired as the head coach for theMassachusetts Pirates, at the time a member of theNational Arena League. Though the 2020 season was cancelled because of theCOVID-19 pandemic, Pass would be hired again as the Pirates' head coach for 2021, their first season in theIndoor Football League (IFL).[2] Pass would lead the Pirates to an 11–3 regular season record and a 37–34 victory over theArizona Rattlers in the 2021United Bowl, the Pirates' first championship in franchise history.[3] In 2022, Pass transitioned to become the director of football personnel development for the Pirates.[4]
In 2023, Pass was suspended indefinitely from the IFL for entering the stands and assaulting fans.[5]
On August 28, 2024, Pass was arrested for assaulting an 82-year-old man at thePlanet Fitness gym facility inNorth Providence, Rhode Island.[6]
