On Tuesday, Tiquan Underwood shaved the Patriots logo into the back of his head to go along with his sweet hi-top fade. Today, Bill Belichick released Underwood to make room for defensive end Alex Silvestro. Underwood appeared in 5 games during the regular season as well as both Patriots playoff games. While he didn’t register a catch, his hair made him impossible to ignore on shots of the sidelines.

If you want to get bummed out, read these quotes from Underwood in the Herald on Thursday:

“Man, it’s like a dream actually for it to work out like this,” Underwood said. “I’m just being grateful. I’m not going to take it for granted. Just live in the moment.

“I watched a lot of Super Bowls growing up, dreamed about playing in the Super Bowl. For this to actually happen, it’s just a dream come true,” he said.

He will be missed.

Update: A reader e-mailed to say that Underwood and Silvestro were teammates at Rutgers. I don’t know if that makes it better or worse for Underwood.

[Boston Herald, h/t @barryap1]