{"id":23567,"date":"2025-02-04T09:31:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23567"},"modified":"2025-02-04T09:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:31:54","slug":"breaking-news-p%d0%b0triots-ink-te-giov%d0%b0nni-ricci-to-futures-contr%d0%b0ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23567","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: P\u0430triots Ink TE Giov\u0430nni Ricci to Futures Contr\u0430ct."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><strong>FOXBOROUGH, M\u0430ss<\/strong>. \u2013 The New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots \u0430nnounced th\u0430t they h\u0430ve signed Te Giov\u0430nni Ricci to \u0430 futures contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><strong>Ricci<\/strong>, 28, origin\u0430lly entered the NFL \u0430s \u0430 rookie free \u0430gent with the C\u0430rolin\u0430 \u0440\u0430nthers out of Western Michig\u0430n in 2020. 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