David Patten, a longtime NFL receiver who won three Super Bowls with the Patriots, has died at age 47. Patten's former agent, Sam Gordon, confirmed the news to ESPN's Mike Reiss.

David Patten, a 12-year NFL veteran and three-time Super Bowl Champion, died Thursday. He was 47. Reportedly, his death was the result of a motorcycle collision in Richland County, S.C.

He was “Chief.” Twenty or so years after Robert Parish first had the nickname, David Patten, who passed away last week at the age of 47, made it his own as a member of the Patriots.

Patten played for five teams over a 12-year NFL career but is best known for his four seasons with the Patriots (2001-04), including two iconic catches to help New England capture its first Super ...

David Patten played on the Patriots from 2001 to 2004 and helped the team win its first-ever Super Bowl Former pro football player David Patten, a three-time Super Bowl champion, has died. He was ...

Patriots fans learned the tragic news Friday that former wide receiver David Patten died following a motorcycle accident.He was just 47 years old. Patten played four of his 12 NFL seasons in New ...

David Patten, the former three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots, died this week and on Friday authorities revealed the cause of death. Patten was killed in a motorcycle crash ...

David Patten catches a touchdown pass from Tom Brady in Super Bowl XXXVI on February 3, 2002. (Photo by Allen Kee/Getty Images) Patten left the Patriots after that 2004 season, ...

David Patten, a former NFL wide receiver and three-time Super Bowl champion with the Patriots, died Thursday in South Carolina at age 47. Richland County coroner Naida Rutherford said in a statemen… ...

David Patten, a standout at Lower Richland High School in South Carolina who went on to a long NFL career, died Thursday. He was 47 years old.

In 1996, after he had completed his college career at Western Carolina and then gone unselected in the NFL Draft, David Patten took a job at Pontiac Foods in Columbia, S.C. For eight bucks an hour ...

When he retired during Patriots training camp in 2010, Patten described his time with the Patriots as the highlight of his career. "It breaks my heart to hear of David's tragic passing at such a ...