Who will participate at Saints rookie minicamp?

By Ross Jackson
The New Orleans Saints will begin rookie minicamp Friday, going through the weekend. Media will be present on Saturday, but the Saints have already given a glimpse at which players are expected to be in attendance.
In addition to the full rookie class (drafted and undrafted), there will be five “first-year” Saints players participating, among those that did not accrue a year by being active for six or more games in a single season. There will also be several tryouts players which will consist of a group that includes rookie and veteran talent.
Here is the list of 41 players that are expected to participate this weekend.
Drafted rookies
- Texas OT Kelvin Banks Jr.
- Louisville QB Tyler Shough
- Texas DL Vernon Broughton
- Virginia S Jonas Sanker
- Oklahoma LB Danny Stutsman
- Louisville CB Quincy Riley
- Kansas RB Devin Neal
- UCLA TE Moliki Matavao
- Syracuse EDGE Fadil Diggs
Undrafted rookies
- SDSU CB Dalys Beanum
- Alabama P James Burnip
- Wake Forest EDGE Jasherm Davis
- UTSA S Elliott Davison
- SMU WR Moochie Dixon
- Kansas State OL Easton Kilty
- Rutgers LB Tyreem Powell
- South Carolina OL Torricelli Simplins III
- Tennessee DE Omari Thomas
- Virginia WR Chris Tyree
- Delaware RB Marcus Yarns
Rostered players
- T Josaiah Ezirim
- CB Travion Flullen
- TE Michael Jacobson
- RB Xazavian Valladay
- TE Treyton Welch
Tryout rookies
- Villanova LB Brendan Bell
- UTSA DL Brandon Brown
- NIU CB JaVaughn Byrd
- UTSA WR Chris Carpenter
- Ottawa CB Eric Cumberbatch
- SMU WR Roderick Daniels Jr.
- Iowa Western QB Hunter Dekkers
- Tulane DL Patrick Jenkins
- USD OL Joey Lombard
- Langston DB Travis Martin
- New Mexico DB Cameron Watts
- Middle Tennessee TE Holden Willis
Tryout veterans
- DB Terrell Burgess
- WR Leon Johnson III
- LS Logan Flusman
- WR Donovan Peoples-Jones