Selecting a tight end was considered a need for the Saints heading into the NFL draft and the Black and Gold took Notre Dame’s Alize Mack in the seventh round. In 2015, he was rated as the number one tight end in the nation coming out of Las Vegas, but only caught four touchdown passes at Notre Dame. General Manager Mickey Loomis says they like Mack’s potential
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The Saints have also signed tight end Jake Powell from Monmouth College as an undrafted rookie. New Orleans will also give former Tigers Cole Tracy and John Battle a try out during rookie mini-camp.

The Patriots have signed former LSU running back Nick Brossette has an undrafted rookie. Former Northwestern State wide receiver Jazz Ferguson signs with Seattle.

After winning two of three from Alabama this past weekend, the LSU Tigers find themselves ranked 12th in the Baseball America poll and two games out of first place in the SEC West. On Sunday in Tuscaloosa, the Tigers took down the Crimson Tide five to four. The D-1 poll also has LSU ranked 12th.

Louisiana Tech has fallen out of the Collegiate Baseball Poll after getting swept by Rice. The Bulldogs lost in 10 innings yesterday for their fourth straight loss. Tech will travel to Natchitcohes to face Northwestern State on Tuesday. The Demons dropped two of three this past weekend to Stephen F Austin.

LSU football’s 2020 recruiting class ranks number one after the Tigers received a verbal commitment from five-star wide receiver Rakim Jarrett from Washington D-C. LSU, who has 13 commitments, is ranked ahead of Clemson, Alabama and Miami,

Longtime ULM sports information director Bob Anderson has passed away. He held the position from 1961 to 1994.