Patriots Drafting This Prospect Would Serve As Full-Circle Moment

Geoffrey Jamiel and Elic Ayomanor were introduced the summer before they started at Deerfield Academy, a college-preparatory boarding school in Deerfield, Mass. The two wide receivers shared a passion for football, but their journeys to that point were vastly different.

As far back as he could remember, Jamiel had a football in his hands. It was a product of growing up in a football-obsessed household on Cape Cod. His father, Joe, played at Brown University while older brothers Joseph...