Wednesday, September 22, 2010

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ROSTER MAKEUP

Only six of the Saints 22 starters are first rounders. Only 6 of 11 defensive starters were drafted by the Saints. 9 of 11 offensive starters were drafted by the Saints. That’s crazy. The people left over from the Haslett era are Will Smith, Devery Henderson and Stinchcomb.




Defense



Anthony Hargrove - drafted 3rd Round 91st Overall 2004 by Rams, signed by Saints in 2009

Sedrick Ellis – drafted 1st Round 7th Overall 2008 by Saints

Remi Ayodele – undrafted, signed by Patriots in 2006, signed by Saints in 2008

Will Smith - drafted 1st Round 18th Overall 2004 by Saints

Alex Brown – drafted 4th Round 104 Overall 2002 by Chicago, signed by Saints in 2010

Scott Shanle – drafted 7th Round 251 Overall 2003 by St. Louis, acquired in trade by Saints in 2006 for 7th Round Pick, Dallas Selected Alan Ball with that Pick

Jonathan Vilma – drafted 1st Round 12th Overall 2004 by New York Jets, acquired in trade by Saints in 2008 for 4th Round Pick in 2008 and 3rd Round Pick in 2009, Jets selected Dwight Lowery and Jets traded pick to Lions and they selected DeAndre Levy

Jo-Lunn Dunbar – undrafted, signed by Saints in 2008

Tracy Porter – drafted 2nd Round 40th Overall by Saints in 2008

Jabari Greer – undrafted, signed by Bills in 2004, signed by Saints in 2009

Malcolm Jenkins- drafted 1st Round 14th Overall 2009 by Saints

Roman Harper – drafted 2nd Round 43rd Overall 2006 by Saints



Offense



Drew Brees – drafted 2nd Round 32nd Overall by Chargers in 2001, signed by Saints in 2006

Reggie Bush – drafted 1st Round 2nd Overall by Saints in 2006

Pierre Thomas- undrafted, signed by Saints in 2007

Marques Colston – drafted 7th Round 252 Overall by Saints in 2006

Devery Henderson – drafted 2nd Round 50th Overall by Saints in 2004

Robert Meachem – drafted 1st Round 27th Overall by Saints in 2007

Lance Moore – undrafted, signed by Cleveland in 2005, signed by Saints in 2006

Jeremy Shockey- drafted 1st Round 14th Overall by Giants in 2002 , traded to Saints in 2008 for 2nd and 5th Picks in 2009, Giants selected Clint Sintim and Rhett Bomar with the picks

David Thomas – drafted 3rd Round 86th Overall by Patriots in 2006 ,acquired by Saints in 2009 for 7th Round Pick in 2011

Jermod Bushrod- drafted 4th Round 125th Overall by Saints in 2007

Carl Nicks – drafted 5th Round 164th Overall by Saints in 2008

Jonathan Goodwin – drafted 5th Round 154 Overall by Jets in 2002, signed by Saints in 2005

Jahri Evans – drafted 4th Round 108 Overall by Saints in 2006

Jonathan Stinchcomb 2nd Round 37th Overall by Saints in 2003

Special Teams

Garrett Hartley – undrafted signed by Denver Broncos in 2008, signed by the Saints in 2008

Thomas Morstead – drafted 5th Round 164th Overall by Sants in 2009

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