The Patriots have gathered a ton of intel on Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds, the man who set the NCAA record for touchdowns with 88.

Our guy Phil Perry wrote about the Pats-Reynolds contact points back in January, noting that former Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis was Reynolds’ coach at the East-West Shrine Game and that Troy Brown was the receivers coach and worked with Reynolds.

Mike Reiss added on Sunday that, not only did Bill Belichick meet with Reynolds during an awards event at Annapolis, but tight ends coach Brian Daboll worked with Reynolds on portions of the Patriots offense and special teams assistant Ray Ventrone has also been in contact.

The 5-11, 185-pound Reynolds is drawing easy comparisons to both Julian Edelman and converted Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson, who made the switch from QB to receiver with the Jags.

CBS’ Dane Brugler gave a review of Reynolds from the Shrine practices and alluded to Reynolds projection as a running back. Brugler pointed out ball security will have to improve for Reynolds who had 32 fumbles at Navy (high by any measure but mitigated a bit by the fact he ran the triple-option offense).

Watching Reynolds – who wasn’t invited to the Combine – he isn’t quite as fast or laterally quick as Edelman but is comparably strong in the lower body when running the ball.

Depending on which way the Patriots go with Danny Amendola, they could be in the slot market and Reynolds would be an interesting conversion project. There are more polished slots in the draft – Oklahoma’s Sterling Shepard being one of them. And Chris Harper, while not a true slot, did have a nice camp and preseason and remains on the roster.

But the time spent on Reynolds is certainly noteworthy. And it’s a certainty the Patriots competitors have also taken note of New England’s interest. So it will be interesting to see if anyone else ratchets up their attention on Reynolds in an effort to keep him out of the Patriots hands.