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| No. 66 – New England Patriots | |||||||
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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||
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| Born | (2004-01-06)January 6, 2004 (age 21) Monroe, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 319 lb (145 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Neville (Monroe, Louisiana) | ||||||
| College | LSU (2022–2024) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2025: 1st round, 4th overall pick | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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William Michael Campbell (born January 6, 2004) is an American professionalfootballoffensive tackle for theNew England Patriots of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theLSU Tigers and was selected by the Patriots fourth overall in the2025 NFL draft.
Campbell was born on January 6, 2004, inMonroe, Louisiana.[1] His father Brian "Bull" Campbell played offensive line atEast Texas A&M and is a farmer and seed salesman.[2][1] Campbell attendedNeville High School where he started at right tackle as a freshman before moving to left tackle, and modeled his game after fellow Monroe nativeAndrew Whitworth.[2][3] Campbell was rated a five-star recruit and was the highest-rated offensive tackle prospect in Louisiana in seven years.[3] He committed to playcollege football for theTigers atLouisiana State University (LSU) whom he grew up rooting for.[4][5]
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Campbell enrolled early at LSU in January 2022.[6] He was named a starter at offensive tackle entering his true freshman season.[7] Campbell was named a freshman All-American at the end of the season by theFootball Writers Association of America (FWAA), and was graded as the second best pass blocker in the nation byPro Football Focus.[8][9] He was a first-team2023 All-SEC football team selection.[10] In 2024, Campbell won theJacobs Blocking Trophy as the top lineman in the SEC and was a consensus first teamAll-American.[11] He declared for the2025 NFL draft following the 2024 season.[12]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
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| 6 ft5+7⁄8 in (1.98 m) | 319 lb (145 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.98 s | 1.76 s | 2.92 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) | ||||
| All values fromNFL Combine/Pro Day[13][14][15] | ||||||||||||
Campbell was selected by theNew England Patriots as the fourth overall pick in the2025 NFL draft.[16] He was the first offensive lineman drafted by the Patriots in the top 10 sinceJohn Hannah in 1974.[17] Campbell also became the second LSU offensive lineman to be drafted in the first round, afterAlan Faneca in 1998.[18]
