Saints Pick Up One Compensatory Pick

The Saints gain an additional seventh-round pick to use for the upcoming draft.

John Hendrix | Mar 9, 2023

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The Saints have picked up an additional seventh-round draft from the compensatory process, as the league announced on Thursday. New Orleans was one of 16 clubs that were awarded one of 37 picks, and they're now up to seven picks to use for the upcoming NFL Draft.

The NFL's formula calculated the losses of Terron Armstead and Marcus Williams, while adding in Andy Dalton and Marcus Maye. Here's where things stand for the Saints before the start of the new league year.

2023 Draft Picks

Round 1 (from Broncos via Dolphins and 49ers), 30th Overall - will actually be 29th
Round 2, 40th Overall
Round 3, 71st Overall
Round 4, 115th Overall
Round 5, 146th Overall
Round 5, 165th Overall (from Eagles)
Round 7, 227th Overall
Round 7, 257th Overall - Comp Pick

The Saints sent their Round 6 pick (No. 188 Overall) to the Texans as a condition of the Bradley Roby trade. With the comp picks announced, some of the actual overall positions fluctuated.

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Published Mar 9, 2023

JOHN HENDRIX

I officially started covering the New Orleans Saints & other NFL topics in 2011. My work has been featured on various outlets over the years. I worked closely with Skyhorse Publishing in Fall 2018 to update the book, Tales From the New Orleans Saints Sidelines, which filled in all Saints material from the 2013-2017 seasons. Prior to joining Saints News Network, I served as the Managing Editor of SB Nation's Canal Street Chronicles for 3.5 years, and before that with FanSided's Who Dat Dish as the Managing Editor for several years. I have also had experiences of being a freelance Saints reporter for The Sun Herald in Biloxi, MS and a contributing writer for WDSU, a local NBC TV station in New Orleans. I have appeared on a vast amount of TV and Radio shows, both nationally and locally. For tips, comments, or suggestions, please contact me at johnhendrix@saintsnews.net