Linebacker Jamie Collins is officially back with the New England Patriots and Tom Brady is pumped to have him back. While responding to an Instagram post noting that Collins was coming back to the Patriots Brady replied with an emphatic “Hell Yeah!!!!!”

Jamie Collins was a second-round pick by the Patriots in the 2013 draft but spent the last few years with the Cleveland Browns. Last season was probably the best season of his career racking up 104 tackles and four sacks.

As excited as Brady is about Collins rejoining the team, there are other teammates who are just as stoked. Patriots safety Duron Harmon on Thursday that he was excited about the idea of being teammates again.

“He’s excited to be back, so that’s always good when the excitement is there,” Patriots safety Duron Harmon told reporters via NESN.com. “I’m really just looking forward to seeing him out there, seeing him play with us again, building that chemistry, being teammates again and doing everything we can to make sure we got the best defense we can come the first game.”

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Harmon and Collins came to the Patriots together and admits even when Collins was on the Browns the two still had a good friendship.

“Obviously, we know me and Jamie came in together. We’re friends. When he went to Cleveland, we stayed in contact. We kept talking. The relationship didn’t break. But we all know Jamie, he’s a tremendous football player, (has) athletic ability through the roof. He’s gonna come in here, do what he does and earn his spot wherever it is and play hard and try to help us win football games.”

Collins signed a 1-year, $1.05 million deal, but it only includes $250,000 in guarantees so he is still going to need to earn it during offseason training and training camp.