Patriots place LB Brandon Spikes on injured reserve

January 6, 2014 4:57 pm

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots announced that they have placed LB Brandon Spikes on injured reserve with a knee injury.

Spikes, 26, is in his fourth NFL season after joining the Patriots as a
second-round draft pick (62nd overall) out of Florida in the 2010 NFL
Draft. Spikes played in all 16 games with 12 starts in the regular
season and finished with 134 total tackles. The 6-foot-2, 255-pounder
has played in 51 games with 40 starts during his NFL career and has
registered 384 total tackles. He has also played in six postseason games
with five starts and accumulated 45 total tackles.