The Saints will hold their first training camp practice today and fan favorite Jimmy Graham will be on the field with the Black and Gold, not as a part-time coach, but as a player. The 36-year-old Graham did not play in the NFL last season, but Coach Dennis Allen thinks he still has something left.
cut 30 (10) “…that room”
Graham caught 51 touchdown passes with the Saints from 2010 to 2014. He was traded to Seattle in the Max Unger deal and Graham never really was the same player after he left New Orleans.

The Saints have also signed former LSU Tiger and St. Aug star Trai Turner. Turner made five straight Pro Bowls from 2015 to 2019. New Orleans also added veteran offensive guard Max Garcia, who won a Super Bowl with Denver in 2015 and started seven games last year with the Cardinals.

In one month, Louisiana Tech will kick off the 2023 season with a Week Zero game against FIU at Joe Aillet Stadium. The Bulldogs are picked to finish fourth in the new look nine-team Conference USA. Tech returns four of their five starting offensive lineman and Hank Bachmeier is expected to start at quarterback after transferring in from Boise State. Coach Sonny Cumbie….
cut 20 (15) “….our offense”
Bachmeier was 20-and-9 as a starter at Boise State.

Tulane has been picked to win the American Athletic Conference. Southern has been picked to win SWAC Western Division. Grambling has been picked to finish fourth.

LSU pitcher Javen Coleman will pitch again for the Tigers next season. He was selected in the 16th round by the Dodgers, but Coleman has decided to return after going 1-and-2 with a 7.07 ERA last season in his first season back after undergoing Tommy John Surgery.