Julian Edelman is glad to have rookie wide receiver N’Keal Harry alongside him.

Harry is the first wide receiver drafted by Bill Belichick in the first round, and his NFL potential is sky-high with his 6-foot-4, 225 pound frame. Because of a lingering ankle injury, the New England Patriots didn’t get to see him on the field until Week 11 against the Philadelphia Eagles — where he recorded three catches for 18 yards.

He followed that performance up in Week 12 against the Dallas Cowboys when he recored his first NFL touchdown on a back-shoulder catch. The only other wide receivers active in that game were Julian Edelman, Jakobi Meyers and Matthew Slater.

Edelman was the only receiver with more than 20 career catches entering the game, and he was proud of the rookie for stepping up and scoring the only touchdown of the day. His Instagram post on Tuesday night reflected his respect for Harry.

After the game on Sunday, Edelman talked about the performance from both rookies and couldn’t have been happier for them.

“It was great,” Edelman said. “Jakobi made some really good plays, really great plays. Which he does in practice. N’Keal made that same play in practice. It was good to see him go out and translate practice into the game and get some confidence.

“That’s not easy for a young group like that, with no one behind them, to go out and compete against a really good football team in a rainstorm and have them go out and make plays. It was awesome to have ’em make plays.”

Although Harry recorded his first touchdown, he wasn’t even close to satisfied with his performance.

“I’m definitely not satisfied,” Harry said. “And anybody that knows me knows that I’m about to turn it up a notch, and I’m about to really hit the grindstone and really get back to work.”

Harry is off to a solid start, and his next game likely won’t contain monsoon-like weather.