The Patriots' 53-man roster, for now.

[Mark Farinella]

Here is the breakdown by positions, with 17 new names that weren't on last year's 53 (18 if you count Quinn Ojinnaka, who will be back in Week 2).

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THE PATRIOTS' 53-man roster, following Saturday's mandated cut to the NFL roster limit:

QUARTERBACKS (2): Tom Brady, Brian Hoyer

RUNNING BACKS (5): Laurence Maroney, Fred Taylor, Sammy Morris, Kevin Faulk, BenJarvus Green-Ellis

WIDE RECEIVERS (6): Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, Brandon Tate*, Taylor Price*, Matthew Slater.

OFFENSIVE LINE (8): Matt Light, Dan Connolly, Dan Koppen, Stephen Neal, Nick Kaczur, Sebastian Vollmer, Ryan Wendell, Mark LeVoir (Quinn Ojinnaka must serve a one-game suspension and does not count against the roster)

TIGHT ENDS (3): Alge Crumpler*, Rob Gronkowski*, Aaron Hernandez*

DEFENSIVE LINE (8): Vince Wilfork, Mike Wright, Ron Brace, Myron Pryor, Jermaine Cunningham*, Brandon Deaderick*, Kyle Love*, Gerard Warren

LINEBACKER (9): Jerod Mayo, Gary Guyton, Tully Banta-Cain, Rob Ninkovich, Tyrone McKenzie*, Dane Fletcher*, Marques Murrell*, Brandon Spikes*, Tracy White*

CORNERBACK (5): Darius Butler, Terrence Wheatley, Jonathan Wilhite, Devin McCourty*, Kyle Arrington*

SAFETY (4): Brandon Meriweather, James Sanders, Pat Chung, Jarrad Page*

SPECIALISTS (3): Stephen Gostkowski, Zoltan Mesko*, Jake Ingram

* -- new to roster this season