Saints re-sign former draft pick on a one-year deal for 2025
The New Orleans Saints have had a heavy focus on retaining many of their own players this offseason, both depth and starters. Between Chase Young, Juwan Johnson, Nathan Shepherd, Dante Pettis, and Nephi Sewell, they have kept 20% of their pending free agents in the 2025 offseason so far, losing only four so far. Now they will continue to add to this list, as offensive lineman Landon Young is set to be brought back on a one-year deal, per an official team announcement.
Young has been a crucial depth piece for the Saints ever since being drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL draft. While he played left tackle almost exclusively at Kentucky, he's helped the Saints out at both tackle spots, left guard and right guard on occasion. He has suited up for 56 games so far, starting 12 of them, playing 881 offensive snaps and 215 special teams snaps in that span of time. While he is not a guy who is going to wow you with how amazing his play is, he is an exceptional spot starter, who can take the reigns if someone gets injured and ensure things don't get too bad from the tackle position.
393 of his offensive snaps came in 2024, where he would have only one penalty, two sacks allowed, and 16 pressures allowed. The pressure numbers are certainly not perfect without a doubt, but only giving up two sacks and only accounting for one penalty as someone who has to come into games in place of an injured starter is quite alright by most standards. A good depth player retained on a likely smaller scale one-year deal is always good business, no matter how flashy or not.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: NFL free agency: Saints re-sign former 2021 draft pick to 1-year deal
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