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He might not have been the biggest signing announced by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week.

OK, with the Bucs picking up Tom Brady in a move that would have dominated headlines even in the pre-COVID-19 world of sports, Bryant Mitchell’s name went well under the radar in the National Football League.

And even he found himself caught up in Brady’s big move.

“I’m telling you, man, that’s huge,” said Mitchell, 27. “We would have gotten signed on the same day, I was just a little more overzealous to get it done, you know?”

Not every receiver gets a chance to catch balls from someone who has more Super Bowl rings that can fit on his throwing hand.

“I truly believe it’s going to be an exciting thing, I’ve been a Brady fan my whole life. I always thought he was the best,” said Bryant, a full 15 years the former New England Patriots quarterback’s junior. “For me, it’s huge because coming out of college, I spoke with the Patriots a bit. I had labrum surgery, and this is a story my chaplain from my school tells me, and also the doctor: I guess I woke up and told him he better have done the surgery right because I was going to be catching balls from Tom Brady. You see full-circle how God works.”