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In Super Bowl rematch, it's a Patriots rookie who surprisingly gets first TD of NFL season

New England Patriots tight end Eli Raridon was the unlikely first touchdown scorer of the NFL season. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) AP Photo/Steven Senne Eli Raridon wasn’t far removed from his final season at Notre Dame when the New England Patriots lost Super Bowl LX to the Seattle Seahawks. A couple months later, Raridon was a third-round pick of the AFC champions.

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