ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting the Saints have signed 25-year-old linebacker Pete Werner to a three-year contract extension worth a maximum of 25-million dollars. 17.5 million dollars is guaranteed. Werner has looked good in training camp and is coming off a season in which he had a career high 93 tackles.

This could be a break out season for LSU running back Kaleb Jackson. The sophomore carried the ball 31 times as a freshman last season and rushed for 165 yards and four touchdowns. Co-offensive coordinator Joe Sloan says Jackson is bigger this season and he’s also smarter…
cut 18 (18) “…complete running back”
Jackson added another 10 pounds during the offseason and he’s listed at 235 pounds.

LSU outfielder Ashton Larson has played well this summer and he’s been named the Most Outstanding Position Player for the Chatham Anglers int he Cape Cod League. Larson hit .316 with an on base percentage of .788.

Louisiana Tech running back Marquis Crosby is one of 89 college football players on the 2024 Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List. The Hattiesburg native missed nearly all of last season with an injury after rushing for 918 yards and nine touchdowns in 2022.

Crosby is also on the Doak Walker Award watch List, which goes to the nation’s top running back. So is Ragin Cajuns standout Dre’lyn Washington, who rushed for 515 yards and two touchdowns last season.