{"id":177401,"date":"2025-07-03T05:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/177401\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T05:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:02:13","slug":"patriots-promising-undrafted-rookie-receivers-workout-turns-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/177401\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots promising undrafted rookie receiver&#8217;s workout turns heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New England Patriots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New England Patriots<\/a> undrafted rookie wide receiver Efton Chism III has fans talking once again after his recent workout video dropped on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Chism made a lot of noise over the spring with his exceptional footwork and route-running skills. He looked like an early surprise candidate to make the Patriots&#8217; 53-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The video showed off his footwork and speed under longtime coach Michael Bumpus, who has worked with him since he was in the sixth grade. Chism has similarities in his game as past Patriots slot receivers, like Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome get some work with the GOAT. Wouldn\u2019t be where I\u2019m at without him. All love Coach,&#8221; Chism said in a response to the video post from his coach.<\/p>\n<p>The video turned heads on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Chism finished out his college career at Eastern Washington by breaking former Super Bowl LVI MVP Cooper Kupp&#8217;s single-season receptions record. He also broke Kupp&#8217;s record for consecutive games with a reception (53). The Patriots might have found a gem, and they didn&#8217;t even need to spend a draft pick to get him.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Chism\u2019s story has been both inspiring and a testament to the hard work that both he and his coach have put in over the years.<\/p>\n<p>It could lead to him becoming a roster mainstay in New England.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Patriots_Wire?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PatriotsWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Patriots Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/patriotswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/patriots\/2025\/07\/02\/patriots-rookie-efton-chism-workout-turns-heads\/84444981007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Patriots promising undrafted rookie receiver&#039;s workout turns heads;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Patriots promising undrafted rookie receiver&#8217;s workout turns heads<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New England Patriots undrafted rookie wide receiver Efton Chism III has fans talking once again after his recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[1081,12232,19258,7,10745,39113,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,39112],"class_list":{"0":"post-177401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-cooper-kupp","9":"tag-danny-amendola","10":"tag-efton-chism-iii","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-julian-edelman","13":"tag-michael-bumpus","14":"tag-new-england","15":"tag-new-england-patriots","16":"tag-newengland","17":"tag-newenglandpatriots","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-patriots","20":"tag-workout-video"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114787552163376619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}