Almost every NFL mock draft we’ve run across this offseason has the New Orleans Saints moving quickly to address their subpar passing game, whether it’s meant selecting a top quarterback prospect or one of many impressive wide receivers available in the 2022 draft cycle. That’s still the case, and it should stay that way until we get an idea of what the team plans to do in free agency later in March.
In the latest 2022 mock draft from Doug Farrar over at Touchdown Wire, the Saints again went with a wide receiver at No. 18 overall — but, ironically, they landed one of the few receiver prospects who didn’t run during this year’s record-setting combine. USC Trojans product Drake London is still recovering from an ankle fracture and expects to go through athletic testing drills at a private pro day in April.
London did measure in well at the combine, tipping the scales at 219 pounds while standing a hair under 6-foot-4 (he’s officially listed at 6-foot-3 and 7/8 of an inch, if you’re a stickler for that kind of thing). He’s also got one of the largest catch radiuses in this draft class with 33-inch arms on a 77 and 3/4-inch wingspan.
