What do Saints pre-draft meetings say about the type of player they're looking for?

SmashMouth · 04-10-2021, 08:47 PM

The college film has been studied, the prospect showcase games are long done, the pro days are mostly in the books, so that leaves one last bit of pre-draft work for the New Orleans Saints: The face-to-face meeting.

Face-to-face isn’t meant literally this year, of course. NFL teams are conducting their official pre-draft meetings with prospective draftees virtually, which has both benefits and drawbacks. But with eight picks in this year’s NFL draft, the Saints have been busy getting to know the players off the field.

So what, if anything, can we glean from the long list of prospects the Saints have met with (or plan to meet with) in the lead up to the draft?

Using the trusty visit trackers at Walter Football and DraftAce.com as well as various reports from around the web, here are the players the Saints have met with or were reportedly scheduled to meet with in the lead up to the draft.

Offense
Alabama QB Mac Jones
Northwestern QB Peyton Ramsey
Wake Forest QB Jamie Newman
Louisville RB Javian Hawkins
Kansas RB Pooka Williams
Auburn WR Anthony Schwartz
Purdue WR Rondale Moore
Iowa WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette
Illinois WR Josh Imatorbhebhe
Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble
Miami TE Brevin Jordan
Oklahoma State OT Teven Jenkins
Wisconsin-Whitewater OL Quinn Meinherz
Defense
Iowa DE Chauncey Golston
Tulane DE Cam Sample
NC State DT Alim McNeil
Washington DT Levi Onwuzurike
USC DT Jay Tufele
LSU DT Tyler Shelvin
Virginia EDGE Charles Snowden
Notre Dame EDGE Ade Ogundeji
Auburn LB K.J. Britt
Tulsa LB Zaven Collins
Boston College LB Isaiah McDuffie
Alabama LB Dylan Moses
Northwestern CB Greg Newsome II
Florida State CB Asante Samuel Jr.
Michigan CB Ambry Thomas
San Diego State CB Darren Hall
Oregon CB Thomas Graham Jr.
California CB Cam Bynum
Syracuse CB Trill Williams
Missouri S Josh Bledsoe

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,477 Blog Entries: 29	What do Saints pre-draft meetings say about the type of player they're looking for? The college film has been studied, the prospect showcase games are long done, the pro days are mostly in the books, so that leaves one last bit of pre-draft work for the New Orleans Saints: The face-to-face meeting. Face-to-face isn’t meant literally this year, of course. NFL teams are conducting their official pre-draft meetings with prospective draftees virtually, which has both benefits and drawbacks. But with eight picks in this year’s NFL draft, the Saints have been busy getting to know the players off the field. So what, if anything, can we glean from the long list of prospects the Saints have met with (or plan to meet with) in the lead up to the draft? Using the trusty visit trackers at Walter Football and DraftAce.com as well as various reports from around the web, here are the players the Saints have met with or were reportedly scheduled to meet with in the lead up to the draft. Offense Alabama QB Mac Jones Northwestern QB Peyton Ramsey Wake Forest QB Jamie Newman Louisville RB Javian Hawkins Kansas RB Pooka Williams Auburn WR Anthony Schwartz Purdue WR Rondale Moore Iowa WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette Illinois WR Josh Imatorbhebhe Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble Miami TE Brevin Jordan Oklahoma State OT Teven Jenkins Wisconsin-Whitewater OL Quinn Meinherz Defense Iowa DE Chauncey Golston Tulane DE Cam Sample NC State DT Alim McNeil Washington DT Levi Onwuzurike USC DT Jay Tufele LSU DT Tyler Shelvin Virginia EDGE Charles Snowden Notre Dame EDGE Ade Ogundeji Auburn LB K.J. Britt Tulsa LB Zaven Collins Boston College LB Isaiah McDuffie Alabama LB Dylan Moses Northwestern CB Greg Newsome II Florida State CB Asante Samuel Jr. Michigan CB Ambry Thomas San Diego State CB Darren Hall Oregon CB Thomas Graham Jr. California CB Cam Bynum Syracuse CB Trill Williams Missouri S Josh Bledsoe more on NOLA Attached Thumbnails