NFL Draft 2015: List of New Orleans Saints draft picks

By Will Osgood | Apr 29, 2015

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The New Orleans Saints have nine picks in the 2015 draft. Here is the list.

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The New Orleans Saints are one of just two teams who currently possess multiple picks in the first-round of the NFL draft, thanks to the trade they made on the first official day of free agency with the Seattle Seahawks that also netted Pro Bowl center Max Unger and cost them All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham.

They also acquired an extra pick in the third-round by dealing the young and productive wide receiver Kenny Stills to the Dolphins a few days later, which similarly netted them a productive veteran inside linebacker, Dannell Ellerbe.

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And they received an extra fifth-round pick from Kansas City for guard Ben Grubbs, who the team was probably going to release if they had not received a worthy trade offer for just two days into free agency.

And so the always aggressive Saints head into Thursday’s draft with the ammunition to make another splash if general manager Mickey Loomis and head coach Sean Payton love a given player, especially in the first-round. There has been some mild speculation they may try to move up to acquire Clemson EDGE Vic Beasley.

But there are likely a handful of other teams looking to do the same. If they stay put, there are a number of options which make sense at 13, and seemingly no consensus among well-informed fans and media of just which direction to go with that pick.

Pick No. 31 could also be interesting, as it may divulge itself as a great option for a trade down if another team is more in love with a certain player and deems that player worthy of the extra option-year clause now made available teams for first-round picks, per the newest CBA.

But the Saints have never traded down in the first-round in the Sean Payton-era, so doing so would clearly be a change of strategy and direction for this somewhat unpredictable franchise.

Here are the nine picks the Saints hold in this weekend’s draft, which begins Thursday evening.

Round Pick Overall

1 13 13

1 31 31 (From Seattle)

2 12 44

3 11 75

3 14 78 (From Miami)

4 N/A N/A (Traded to Seattle)

5 12 148

5 18 154 (From Kansas City)

6 11 187

7 13 230

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