FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots announced that they have signed WR Greg Orton to the practice squad.
Orton, 27, spent part of 2011 and all of 2012 on the Denver practice squad. The 6-foot-3, 199-pounder originally entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with the Cincinnati Bengals out of Purdue in 2009. He had stints with the Arena Football League's Spokane Shock and the United Football League's Omaha Knights before joining the Denver practice squad. Orton went to training camp with Denver this past summer.