The Saints use one of their last picks on a position they had yet to address in the NFL draft

A New Orleans Saints helmet during an NFL football training camp practice at the indoor Ochsner Sports Performance Center in Metairie, La. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

Pool Photo by David Grunfeld ORG XMIT: LADG101 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The New Orleans Saints passed on taking Tyler Warren and Colston Loveland in the first round, but they used one of their last draft selections on a tight end. The Saints selected UCLA tight end Moliki Matavao with the 248th pick Saturday, taking a 6-foot-6 athlete who led the Bruins with 41 catches for 506 receiving yards last season. New Orleans added to the position a month after re-signing Juwan Johnson to a three-year, $30.



8 million contract. Matavao was with the Bruins for the last two years after spending his first two seasons at Oregon. Lance Zierlein of NFL.

com described him as a “big in-line tight end whose flashes as a pass catcher helped to improve his draft stock. “ The Saints also have several injuries at tight end, with Taysom Hill coming off a torn ACL and Foster Moreau suffering a knee injury late last season. New Orleans has one selection — No.

254 — left in this year's draft..