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NFL Draft 2025: New Orleans Saints Picks, Team Needs, Targets, & Mock Draft

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Published16 Apr 2025

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New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara runs the ball.

The New Orleans Saints enter the 2025 NFL Draft looking to upgrade at key positions. View the Saints’ picks, team needs, targets, and mock draft.

New Orleans Saints Draft Picks

After a 5-12 season, the Saints fired Dennis Allen and hired Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore as the new head coach.

Moore will look to get New Orleans back into the postseason for the first time since 2020.

The Saints have nine draft picks, including six in the first four rounds.

2025 NFL Draft: New Orleans Saints Picks

  • Round 1: No. 9
  • Round 2: No. 40
  • Round 3: No. 71
  • Round 3: No. 93 (from Washington)
  • Round 4: No. 112
  • Round 4: No. 131 (from Washington)
  • Round 6: No. 184
  • Round 7: No. 248 (from Philadelphia through Washington)
  • Round 7: No. 254

2025 NFL Draft: New Orleans’ Team Needs

Cornerback

Cornerback is the most important player on the defensive side of the ball.

The Saints traded Marshon Lattimore at last season’s deadline and lost Paulson Adebo in free agency.

New Orleans brought back Isaac Yiadom for a second stint after he spent 2024 with the San Francisco 49ers.

The Saints must walk away from this draft with at least one starting cornerback.

Quarterback

Three weeks ago, the Saints were likely to pass on a quarterback at No. 9.

Things have clearly changed after the report that Derek Carr might need surgery and could miss part of the 2025 season.

If Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders falls to No. 9, does Moore forget about cornerback and draft his quarterback of the future?

Offensive Line

Even if the Saints don’t take Sanders, building a stable offensive line will be a priority for Moore.

The Saints selected tackle Taliese Fuaga in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft.

Trevor Penning is the likely right tackle. If one of the top tackles gets to No. 9, the Saints should definitely consider taking one. They can always kick one of the tackles to guard.

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Saints

  • Round 1: No. 9 – Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders
  • Round 2: No. 40 – Notre Dame CB Benjamin Morrison
  • Round 3: No. 71 – Purdue OG Marcus Mbow
  • Round 3: No. 93 (from Washington) – Kansas State CB Jacob Parrish
  • Round 4: No. 112 – Kansas OT Logan Brown
  • Round 4: No. 131 (from Washington) – Virginia Tech WR Da’Quan Felton
  • Round 6: No. 184 – Minnesota Edge Jah Joyner
  • Round 7: No. 248 (from Philadelphia through Washington) – Cincinnati RB Corey Kiner
  • Round 7: No. 254 – Iowa LB Jay Higgins

The 2025 NFL Draft is April 24–26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.