Back in July, New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel listed three goals for his football team entering training camp. No. 2 on that list: earn a role.

Fast forward three weeks later, and perhaps nobody has done that more than undrafted rookie receiver Efton Chism III.

“Doesn’t matter how you get here. Only thing that matters is what you do when you’re here,” Vrabel said Saturday after New England’s preseason win. “And I think that’s another great example of that. And Chis when given opportunities has taken advantage of them. And we talked about his play strength last week and I would say that that continued to be true this week.”

Chism played just one quarter in New England’s preseason win over the Minnesota Vikings. But, the undrafted rookie receiver needed just one drive to make

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