Chase Young, Saints Agree to One-Year Contract, per Report

The Ohio State product appears headed to his third team in five years.
Chase Young, Saints Agree to One-Year Contract, per Report
Chase Young, Saints Agree to One-Year Contract, per Report /

After a 2023 season split between two teams, defensive end Chase Young reportedly will get another change of scenery in 2024.

Young intends to sign a one-year, $13 million contract with the New Orleans Saints, according to a Monday afternoon report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Should the deal become official, the Saints will become Young’s third team in his five-year pro career.

After a stellar collegiate tenure at Ohio State—including a fourth-place finish in the Heisman voting on the heels of a transcendent 2019—the Washington Commanders took Young with the No. 2 pick of the 2020 NFL draft.

The Upper Marlboro, Md., native was successful at first, winning the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year award in ’20. However, injuries took their toll, and the Commanders dealt Young to the San Francisco 49ers in November 2023.

There, Young helped the 49ers reach Super Bowl LVIII—which they lost 25-22 in overtime to the Kansas City Chiefs.


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Patrick Andres
PATRICK ANDRES

Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .