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NEW ORLEANS
SAINTS
COACH
Sean Payton (16th season with team, 152-89)
LAST SEASON
12-4 (1st in NFC South; lost in divisional round)
Record since 2011: 101-59 (5-6 in playoffs)
2020 TEAM STATISTICAL LEAGUE RANKINGS
2020 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS
SCORING OFFENSE
5th of 32 (30.1 ppg)
RUSHING
Alvin Kamara: 187 carries, 932 yards, 16 TDs, 62.1 ypg
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SCORING DEFENSE
5th of 32 (21.1 ppg)
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RUSHING OFFENSE
6th of 32 (141.6 ypg)
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PASSING OFFENSE
19th of 32 (234.9 ypg)
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PASSING
Drew Brees: 275-390, 2,942 yards, 24 TDs, 6 ints, 245.0 ypg
SCORING
Will Lutz, PK: 126 points (23 FGs, 57 PAT, 7.9 ppg)
Stats from pro-football-reference.com
Mr. Persistent
Kevin White’s quest to shed bust label endures
By Brett Martel
Associated Press
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Saints wide receiver Kevin White catches a pass during a training camp practice Aug. 20 at
Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La. DERICK HINGLE/AP
evin White, the former West Virginia
star receiverand seventh overall NFL
draft choice in 2015, says he’s been
lucky in life, but decidedly less fortunate in
his pro football career.
“Unlucky with injuries,” White said after
his first practice with the New Orleans Saints
on Wednesday. “But very lucky to still be in
this league.”
White was among a handful of new Saints
playersatWednesday’spractice.Theclubalso
added rookie cornerback Bryan Mills, defensive back Natrell Jamerson, and offensive
linemen Jordan Mills and Caleb Benonech.
White, who has played in just 17 games
in his injury-riddled career, and who hasn’t
made a catch in an NFL game since 2018,
was cut by San Francisco a week ago. He said
the opportunity to join New Orleans “means
everything, going on year seven, not really
gettingtheopportunity”toholdaregularrole
while healthy in the NFL.
During 11-on-11 drills near the end of
Wednesday’s practice, White caught a quick
slant inside the 20-yard line, followed soon
after by a touchdown on a short crossing
route.
“I’m healthy. I know a lot about the game.
I know how the business works,” White said.
“It means a lot, man, that someone else gave
me a chance to live out my dream and kind of
prove myself right and everyone else wrong.”
White had 1,447 yards and 10 TDs receiving in his final college season in 2014. He has
just 25 catches for 285 yards without a touchdown since the Chicago Bears made him a
first-round draft choice.
He didn’t play as a rookie because of a
fractured tibia. He got into just four games
in his second season when he fractured his
fibula. He played just one game for Chicago
in 2017, when he broke his shoulder. He saw
his most action with the Bears in 2018, playing nine games. After a brief offseason stint
with Arizona in 2019, he sat out the regular
seasonbeforecatchingonwithSanFrancisco
in 2020.
White spent most of last season on the
practice squad, playing in just three games
without a catch.
Saints coach Sean Payton, who designs and
often calls the offense,said NewOrleans likes
the 6-foot-2 White’s combination of size and
speed, as well as his relative youth at age 29.
“He’ssomeonewe’dliketoworkwith.Ilike
thewayheruns,”Paytonsaid.“Obviously,he’s
a former first-round pick.”
In New Orleans, White’s been reunited
with receivers coach Curtis Johnson, who
coached him in Chicago in 2016.
WhitesaidheappreciatedthewayJohnson
challenged him with the Bears and figured
Johnson’s presence on the Saints’ staff had
something to do with his latest opportunity,
although they haven’t spoken about it.
2021 SCHEDULE WEEK 6 BYE
WEEK 1
Sept. 12
WEEK 2
Sept. 19
WEEK 3
Sept. 26
WEEK 4
Oct. 3
WEEK 5
Oct. 10
WEEK 7
Oct. 25
WEEK 8
Oct. 31
WEEK 9
Nov. 7
WEEK 10
Nov. 14
WEEK 11
Nov. 21
GB
4:25 p.m.
FOX
@CAR
1 p.m.
FOX
@NE
1 p.m.
FOX
NYG
1 p.m.
FOX
WFT
1 p.m.
CBS
@SEA
8:15 p.m.
ESPN
TB
4:25 p.m.
FOX
ATL
1 p.m.
FOX
@TEN
1 p.m.
CBS
@PHI
1 p.m.
FOX
WEEK 12
Nov. 25
WEEK 13
Dec. 2
BUF
DAL
8:20 p.m. 8:20 p.m.
NBC
FOX
WEEK 14
Dec. 12
WEEK 15
Dec. 19
WEEK 16
Dec. 27
WEEK 17
Jan. 2
WEEK 18
Jan. 9
@NYJ
1 p.m.
FOX
@TB
8:20 p.m.
NBC
MIA
8:15 p.m.
ESPN
CAR
1 p.m.
FOX
@ATL
1 p.m.
FOX
Note: This section was printed before final roster cuts, so personnel are subject to change; all times are Eastern and subject to change