The New Orleans Saints made the following roster moves today to reach the National Football League-mandated reduction to 53 players, it was announced by Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis.
The Saints terminated the contracts of the following 12 players:
Name | Position | Height | Weight | Age | Exp. | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Barclay | G | 6-4 | 305 | 29 | 6 | W. Virginia |
Jay Bromley | DT | 6-3 | 314 | 26 | 5 | Syracuse |
Michael Floyd | WR | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | 7 | Notre Dame |
George Johnson | DE | 6-4 | 265 | 30 | 7 | Rutgers |
Josh LeRibeus | G | 6-2 | 315 | 29 | 6 | SMU |
Robert Nelson Jr. | DB | 5-9 | 175 | 28 | 4 | Arizona St. |
Michael Ola | T | 6-5 | 312 | 30 | 5 | Hampton |
John Phillips | TE | 6-5 | 251 | 31 | 10 | Viriginia |
Tom Savage | QB | 6-4 | 230 | 28 | 5 | Pittsburgh |
Brandon Tate | WR | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | 10 | North Carolina |
Andrew Tiller | G | 6-4 | 324 | 29 | 4 | Syracuse |
Marcus J. Williams | DB | 5-11 | 196 | 27 | 5 | N. Dakota St. |
The Saints have waived the following 20 players:
Name | Position | Height | Weight | Age | Exp. | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.T. Barrett IV | QB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | R | Ohio St. |
Jayrone Elliott | LB | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | 4 | Toledo |
KeShun Freeman | LB | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | R | Georgia Tech |
Garrett Griffin | TE | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | 2 | Air Force |
Woodrow Hamilton | DT | 6-3 | 315 | 25 | 2 | Mississippi |
Natrell Jamerson | DB | 6-0 | 198 | 22 | R | Wisconsin |
Alex Jenkins | DE | 6-6 | 270 | 25 | 1 | Incarnate Word |
Colton Jumper | LB | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | R | Tennessee |
Hau’oli Kikaha | LB | 6-3 | 246 | 26 | 4 | Washington |
Keith Kirkwood | WR | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | R | Temple |
Rick Leonard | T | 6-7 | 311 | 21 | R | Florida St. |
Tanner McEvoy | WR | 6-6 | 230 | 25 | 3 | Wisconsin |
Henry Mondeaux | DT | 6-5 | 280 | 22 | R | Oregon |
Kamrin Moore | DB | 5-11 | 200 | 21 | R | Boston College |
Al-Quadin Muhammad | DE | 6-5 | 250 | 23 | 2 | Miami (Fla.) |
Linden Stephens | DB | 6-0 | 193 | 23 | R | Cincinnati |
Landon Turner | OL | 6-4 | 325 | 25 | 2 | North Carolina |
Jonathan Williams | RB | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | 3 | Arkansas |
Nate Wozniak | OL | 6-10 | 280 | 24 | R | Minnesota |
Deon Yelder | TE | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | R | W. Kentucky |
The Saints waived/injured the following player:
Name | Position | Height | Weight | Age | Exp. | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sherrod Neasman | DB | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | 3 | Florida Atlantic |
The Saints traded the following player to the Cleveland Browns for future considerations:
Name | Position | Height | Weight | Age | Exp. | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Devaroe Lawrence | DT | 6-2 | 294 | 25 | 1 | Auburn |
The Saints placed the following two players on Injured Reserve:
Name | Position | Height | Weight | Age | Exp. | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Hoomanawanui | TE | 6-4 | 265 | 30 | 9 | Illinois |
Shane Vereen | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 29 | 8 | California |
The following player was placed on Reserve/Suspended By Commissioner:
Name | Position | Height | Weight | Age | Exp. | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Ingram II | RB | 5-9 | 215 | 28 | 8 | Alabama |
Beginning Sunday, the Saints and all 32 NFL teams may establish a practice squad of up to 10 players (in addition to the 10, the Saints and seven other teams may sign one player to an International Practice Player Contract). The Saints will open the regular season Sunday, September 9 when they play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome at 12:00 pm CT.
Take a look at the 53-man roster of your 2018 New Orleans Saints.

Alex Anzalone

Terron Armstead

Dan Arnold

Chris Banjo

Vonn Bell

Drew Brees

Teddy Bridgewater

Jermon Bushrod

Austin Carr

Will Clapp

Kurt Coleman

Ken Crawley

Marcus Davenport

DeMario Davis

Tyeler Davison

Trey Edmunds

Ted Ginn Jr.

J.T. Gray

Justin Hardee

Trey Hendrickson

Josh Hill

Taysom Hill

Cameron Jordan

Alvin Kamara

A.J. Klein

Marshon Lattimore

Tommylee Lewis

Zach Line

Mitchell Loewen

Wil Lutz

Arthur Maulet

Cameron Meredith

Thomas Morstead

Alex Okafor

David Onyemata

Andrus Peat

Ryan Ramczyk

Sheldon Rankins

Craig Robertson

Patrick Robinson

Boston Scott

Tre'Quan Smith

Taylor Stallworth

Nate Stupar

Manti Te'o

Michael Thomas

Cameron Tom

Max Unger

Larry Warford

Benjamin Watson

Marcus Williams

P.J. Williams

Zach Wood