There’s another kicking competition coming to Foxboro.

And if Andres Borregales gets his way, it might be the Patriots’ last kicking competition for a decade.

Borregales, whom the Pats selected in the sixth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday, was the top-rated kicker in this year’s class. He made 18 of 19 field goal attempts last season for the University of Miami, including a long of 56 yards. Borregales will now enter a position battle with incumbent veteran John Parker Romo, a close friend.

Before he started kicking in college, Borregales looked up to another Patriots kicker: Adam Vinatieri.

“Legend,” Borregales said of Vinatieri, the NFL’s all-time leading scorer, on a Saturday conference call with reporters. “All those clutch kicks in the snow, I can’t wait to experience that. I know a lot of people thought that me being from Miami, that I can’t handle the cold. I think I can prove people wrong about that.”

The 5-foot-11, 202-pounder said the Patriots were his top choice throughout the pre-draft process. He maintained a close relationship with senior personnel advisor Alonzo Highsmith, formerly the general manager at Miami, and met with Pats special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer at the scouting combine. The Patriots also visited Borregales at his Pro Day, where he drilled a 65-yard field goal.

In 50 career games, Borregales made 86% of his field goals and all but one of his 184 extra point attempts. He started all four years at Miami, where his brother, Jose, also played as a kicker. He is the third Venezuelan-born player to make the NFL after two other kickers, Pat Ragusa and Alan Pringle.

Patriots vice president of player personnel Ryan Cowden downplayed the transition Borregales will face going from warm weather to kicking in the cold conditions of New England.

“Has a big leg,” Cowden said Saturday. Really talented… What you want to focus on is the mindset and the makeup of the person.”