Joe Cardona

Joe Cardona was signed by the New England Patriots as an unrestricted free agent on March 21, 2023 ... Originally drafted by New England in the fifth round (166th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft.

PRONOUNCED car-DOAN-ah

​CAREER TRANSACTIONS

Joe Cardona was signed by the New England Patriots as an unrestricted free agent on March 21, 2023 ... Originally drafted by New England in the fifth round (166th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft.

SEASONAL REVIEWS

2023 (17/0)

• Handled long-snapping duties for all punts, field goals and extra points for all 17 games.
• Recorded a special teams tackle at Las Vegas (10/15).

2022 (14/0)

• Handled long-snapping duties for all punts, field goals and extra points through the first 14 regular season games before being placed on injured reserve on Dec. 23.

2021 (17/0,1/0)

• Handled long-snapping duties for all punts, field goals and extra points through all 17 regular season games and in the Wild Card Round playoff game at Buffalo (1/15).
• Recorded a special teams tackle vs. New Orleans (9/26).

2020 (16/0)

• Handles all long-snapping duties for all punts, field goals, and extra points for the season.

2019 (16/0, 1/0)

• Handled long-snapping duties for all punts, field goals and extra points through all 16 regular season games of the season and the AFC Wild Card Playoff vs. Tennessee (1/4).
• Finished the season with two special teams tackles.

2018 (16/0, 3/0)

• Handled long-snapping duties for all Patriots punts, field goals and extra points through all Patriots regular and postseason contests, including the Super Bowl LIII win vs. L.A. Rams (2/3). Posted one tackle on special teams.
• Handled long-snapping duties and made one special teams tackle at Detroit (9/23).

2017 (16/0, 3/0)

• Handled long-snapping duties for all Patriots punts, field goals and extra points through all Patriots regular and postseason contests, including the Super Bowl LII vs. Philadelphia (2/4). Totaled a career-high four special teams tackles.

2016 (16/0, 3/0)

• Handled long-snapping duties for all Patriots punts, field goals and extra points through all Patriots regular and postseason contests, including the Super Bowl LI victory vs. Atlanta (2/5). Posted three special teams tackles.
• Recorded one special teams tackle in the win vs. Cincinnati (10/16).
• Totaled one special teams tackle vs. Seattle (11/13).
• Recorded one special teams tackle in the win vs. Los Angeles (12/4).

2015 (16/0, 2/0)

• Handled long-snapping duties for all punts and field goals through all 16 games of the regular season and both postseason contests.
• Made his NFL debut in the win vs. Pittsburgh (9/10).
• Recorded three special teams tackles at Denver (11/29).​

COLLEGE

• Four-year player at long snapper and regarded as one of the top long snappers in the country.
• Became only the second freshman to start at long snapper in program history.
• Earned four letters.

EXTRA POINTS

• Joe Cardona graduated from the Naval Academy in 2015, where Bill Belichick's father, Steve, served as an assistant football coach for 34 years.
• Cardona is the third Navy alum drafted by the Patriots, joining Heisman Trophy winner and Winchester native Joe Bellino (1961) and Max Lane (1994).
• Prior to the Oct. 22, 2017 home game vs. Atlanta, Cardona organized an effort amongst fellow Patriots players and coaches to donate 200 game tickets to military members.
• In the 2018 offseason, Cardona went on a two-week training mission to South Korea with the United States Navy Reserves.

PERSONAL

• Son of Patrick and Margaret Cardona.
• Two sport athlete who lettered twice in football and four years in lacrosse.
• Named conference MVP as a midfielder for lacrosse team his senior year.
• Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserves.
• Majored in economics at Navy.