As we wind down closer and get closer to the 2022 NFL draft at the end of the month, the New Orleans Saints are starting to conduct their official top-30 visits. These meetings are even more important than in most years, as the team currently holds two picks in the first round at Nos. 16 and 19.
During these visits at the team facility, the Saints will meet with prospects and put them through a gauntlet of workouts, medical exams, and in-depth interviews discussing stuff on and off the field. A lot of these guys will be players that the Saints are interested in, but teams do sometimes bring in prospects that they suspect other teams may like to learn about them. They could also throw in a smokescreen to throw other teams off. NFL draft season is one big chess game, so take everything with a grain of salt.
Here are all of the names we’ve seen so far: