From the outside looking in, undrafted wide receiver Efton Chism III did everything he needed to do to make the New England Patriots 53-man roster this offseason.

But as NFL cut down day came, the nerves rightfully were there — especially when Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf called the 23-year-old into his office early Tuesday afternoon. Chism, who was in the building getting treatment, however, was left with good news.

“I was here working out, doing some stuff, and then he told me to come in. I was like, ‘Oh, here we go.’ But it was pretty sweet,” Chism said at his locker on Wednesday. “It’s pretty surreal, pretty sweet. Gave him a couple of hugs, couldn’t thank him enough.”

After leaving Wolf’s office, Chism got to work sharing the good news with those

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