Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick

Attached Thumbnails · 04-29-2021, 10:52 PM

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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SmashMouth · 04-29-2021, 10:55 PM

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

SmashMouth · 04-29-2021, 10:57 PM

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ChrisXVI · 04-29-2021, 10:59 PM

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

K Major · 04-29-2021, 11:06 PM

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.

SmashMouth · 04-29-2021, 11:10 PM

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K Major · 04-29-2021, 11:17 PM

35 on his wonderlic test.

Intelligent and coachable.

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Threaded by SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 37,010 Blog Entries: 29 Rating: (0 votes - average) 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. more here Attached Thumbnails iceshack149 and jeanpierre like this.
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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 37,010 Blog Entries: 29	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? jeanpierre likes this.

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ChrisXVI 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 11,482	Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick I’m pretty plugged in and I never even scouted this dude. Sainters7 likes this.

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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,044 Blog Entries: 3	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. Halo, saintfan, iceshack149 and 9 others like this.

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K Major Site Donor 2019 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Bedford, TX Posts: 24,044 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Saints draft Houston DE Payton Turner with first-round pick 35 on his wonderlic test. Intelligent and coachable. Halo, AsylumGuido, SmashMouth and 2 others like this.