Saints reload with nine picks in 2025 NFL Draft

By Ross Jackson

The New Orleans Saints wrapped up the 2025 NFL Draft with nine picks, addressing nearly every position group with a mix of instant contributors and developmental talent. It’s the team’s biggest draft haul since 2015 and this time, they’ll be hoping for far better results.

Here are the Saints’ 2025 NFL Draft picks:

• Round 1, Pick 9 – Texas OT Kelvin Banks Jr.
• Round 2, Pick 40 – Louisville QB Tyler Shough
• Round 3, Pick 71 – Texas DL Vernon Broughton
• Round 3, Pick 93 – Virginia S Jonas Sanker
• Round 4, Pick 112 – Oklahoma LB Danny Stutsman
• Round 4, Pick 131 – Louisville CB Quincy Riley
• Round 6, Pick 184 – Kansas RB Devin Neal
• Round 7, Pick 248 – UCLA TE Moliki Matavao
• Round 7, Pick 254 – Syracuse EDGE Fadil Diggs

Within this class, the only two positions not immediately addressed were wide receiver and interior offensive line.

Trends From the Draft Class

• Team Captains: 3
• Post-Season Award Winners: 5
• 40+ Games of Experience: 9
• Multi-Sport Background: 8
• Durable (missed minimal playing time): 8
• Senior Bowl Participants: 5*

*Broughton accepted his Senior Bowl invite but did not participate. Stutsman declined his invite. Diggs accepted an invite to the East-West Shrine Bowl.

Every single player in the #Saints‘ draft class appeared in at least 40 games throughout their collegiate career. 8/9 never missed more than four games in a single season due to injury.

— Ross Jackson (@RossJacksonNOLA) April 27, 2025

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