There were 28 wide receivers selected in the 2019 NFL draft. Missing was North Carolina State’s Jakobi Meyers.

But only eight picks at the position that year have caught more passes over the regular seasons since then. Only nine have totaled more receiving yards. According to Pro Football Reference, that company includes Mecole Hardman, Deebo Samuel, Hunter Renfrow, Marquise Brown, Darius Slayton, Diontae Johnson, Terry McLaurin, A.J. Brown and DK Metcalf.

The New England Patriots’ undrafted arrival isn’t out of place. He’s just trying to build upon his.

“I feel like last year, I had a couple little brain farts here and there,” Meyers told reporters during his video conference Tuesday afternoon. “Just mental lapses where I would know what to do, but it wouldn’t click with me right away. Just trying to erase as many of those as I possibly can. Being able to make it through a whole season, it’s pretty long and that was my first time doing something like that. So just being able to be consistent, day in and day out for as long as the season is, that’s definitely something I want to be better at.”

Meyers stands with 85 catches for 1,088 yards thus far into his NFL career. And at age 24, he led a 7-9 roster with 59 catches for 729 yards while also throwing a pair of touchdowns.

Meyers did so despite being inactive for one game last fall and not leaving the sideline for another. He did so despite not drawing his second target of the campaign from Patriots quarterback Cam Newton until the final matchup of October.

But a passer rating of 93.4 would go on to be logged when targeted. And among wideouts around the league, Meyers would go on to qualify for tenth in Pro Football Focus’ yards per route run by averaging 2.24.

“I guess it’s all about the ability to adapt, honestly,” Meyers said. “The game is always changing. The guys you play against are probably changing. Your teammates are typically changing. Just being able to adjust real quickly and understand everybody’s role so that way if one guy went down, I could just hop in there. Because I didn’t know when my opportunity was going to come, I just wanted to be prepared for when that opportunity finally hit and just running with it.”

Running with more savvy than speed, Meyers had a hand in double-digit pass plays that gained at least 20 yards for New England. Breakaways of 31 yards against the Los Angeles Rams, 33 yards against the New York Jets and 35 yards against the Miami Dolphins were among them.

There proved to be room in the slot and on the perimeter at 6-foot-2, 200 pounds. Meyers will have to find more as organized team activities get underway in an offense redesigned by starting tight ends Jonnu Smith and Hunter Henry. But the Patriots also added wide receivers Nelson Agholor and Kendrick Bourne to the depth chart on two-year and three-year contracts, respectively, that carry a combined base value of $37 million.

“They’re family already,” Meyers said of Agholor and Bourne, whom he worked out with in California over the offseason. “I love having them around, just the energy they bring and how hard they work. Like, they’re definitely two guys who you can tell they want to be the best at what they do. And every day we come in here, they push each other, they push us. It’s just definitely brought some new life to the rest of the room.”

Following Julian Edelman’s April retirement, the veteran acquisitions check in alongside N’Keal Harry, Gunner Olszewski, Isaiah Zuber, Kristian Wilkerson, Devin Smith and Central Florida product Tre Nixon, who landed in the seventh round as the calendar turned to May.

And Meyers.

Earning $388,794 in deferred performance-based pay for last season, Meyers is scheduled to become a restricted free agent after 2021. Upcoming is an $850,000 base salary for a former quarterback recruit whose rookie deal brought a $10,000 signing bonus.

“Everybody’s big. Everybody’s fast,” added Meyers. “They wouldn’t be here if they didn’t have either or possibly both. So just understanding the game as a pro and as a complete football player, I think that’s something I definitely want to continue to strive for and get better at.”