Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

The New Orleans Saints stood firm with the No. 28 pick Thursday in the NFL draft, selecting Houston defensive end Payton Turner.

Turner, a 6-foot-5, 270-pound edge rusher, played four seasons for the Cougars, racking up 115 tackles, 25 tackles for loss and 10 sacks over 40 starts. This past season, he played in five games and tallied 10½ tackles for loss with five sacks.

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Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

Is Davenport on the outs? His fifth year option was exercised. His last year as a Saint with this Saints pick?

Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

I’m pretty plugged in and I never even scouted this dude.

Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

Cam is older, Davenport has yet to stay healthy & Trey H is gone and we needed another pass rusher off the edge.

Welcome to New Orleans Payton Turner.

Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick
 

35 on his wonderlic test.

Intelligent and coachable.