FOXBOROUGH, Mass. –The New England Patriots announced today that they have re-signed RB Joey Iosefa. Terms of the contract were not announced. Iosefa was released by the Patriots on May 6, 2016.Â
Iosefa, 24, originally joined the New England practice squad on Oct. 21, 2015, and had a brief stint on the 53-man roster before returning to the practice squad. The 6-foot, 245-pounder, played in two games and tallied 15 carries for 51 yards. He entered the NFL as a seventh-round draft pick by Tampa Bay (231st overall) out of Hawaii in the 2015 NFL Draft and was released by Tampa Bay on Aug. 30, 2015.Â