NFL CAREER – A third-year NFL veteran, Savage first joined the Saints as a member of the practice squad just prior to the start of the 2007 regular season after being waived by the Tennessee Titans. He was signed to the active roster on December 22 and played on special teams in one game for the Saints in ’07. He has played in 12 career games in parts of four NFL seasons, totaling six tackles. Savage played in five games for Tennessee in 2006, one game for the Atlanta Falcons in 2005 and five as a rookie in 2004 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He originally entered the league when signed by the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on April 30, 2004.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Re-signed to Saints’ active roster, 1/2/08; Re-signed by Saints to practice squad, 12/28/07; Waived by Saints, 12/24/07; Signed by Saints to active roster from practice squad, 12/22/07; Signed to practice squad by Saints, 9/10/07; Waived by Tennessee Titans, 9/1/07; Claimed off waivers by Tennessee, 9/3/06; Waived by Atlanta Falcons, 9/2/06; Signed to Atlanta active roster from the practice squad, 12/28/05; Signed to Atlanta practice squad, 9/28/05; Waived by Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 9/3/05; Signed by Tampa Bay as an undrafted free agent by, 4/30/04.

2007 – Spent 16 of the season’s 17 weeks on the Saints’ practice squad, promoted to active roster and playing on special teams vs. Philadelphia, Dec. 23. 2006 – Played in five games as a reserve defensive end for Tennessee and recorded four tackles…Recorded a career-best two tackles at Jacksonville, Nov. 5. 2005 – Played in one game for Atlanta after being signed to the active roster from the practice squad prior to the season finale. 2004 – Played in five games for Tampa Bay and tallied two tackles.

COLLEGE – Three-year starter at defensive end for the Utes, played in 44 career games with 34 starts…Totaled 120 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss and 12 sacks…As senior, named first-team All-Mountain West after starting all 12 games with 47 tackles, seven tackles for loss, two sacks and nine passes defensed…As junior, was an honorable mention all-conference selection after starting all 11 games and totaling 29 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and six sacks. Majored in exercise and sport science.

PERSONAL – Married to Maria and couple splits time between New Orleans and Salt Lake City…Majored in exercise and sport science at Utah…Second-team all-state selection and team captain at Hillcrest (Salt Lake City, Utah) H.S…Father was an offensive lineman for University of Utah and his grandfather played football at University of Washington…Since Savage entered in the NFL in 2004, he and his wife Maria have progressed each year in reaching their goal of building an orphanage in Africa. The Savages have worked diligently on making this dream come true by raising money and establishing business relationships in Africa. The Savages’ mission is to provide an outlet for youth in Africa that are poverty stricken by providing them with a good education and attend to their medical needs through this orphanage…Born Josh Joel Savage on September 28, 1980, in Ozark, Ala.