Saints 2022 Free Agent Signings Media Availability | New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints 2022 free agent signings speak with the media as they join/re-join the Saints during the 2022 NFL Free Agency signing period. Scheduled to speak are Tre'Quan Smith, Jaleel Johnson, Taco Charlton, and Justin Evans. Start times and players are subject to change.

Tre'Quan Smith, 6-2, 210, was originally selected by New Orleans in the third round (91st overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft out of Central Florida. For his career, Smith has appeared in 51 career regular season games with 29 starts, recording 112 receptions for 1,486 yards (12.3 avg.) with 17 touchdowns in his first four NFL seasons along with five grabs for 110 yards (22.0 avg.) with two touchdowns in four postseason contests with two starts. The Delray Beach, Fla. native's 17 scoring grabs and 13.3 yards per catch average in the regular season since 2018 rank second on the club over that period. ( )

Jaleel Johnson, 6-3, 316, was a fourth round draft pick (109th overall) of the Minnesota Vikings out of Iowa in 2017 and has played in 65 regular season games with 20 starts for the Vikings (2017-20) and Houston Texans (2021), posting 110 tackles (54 solo), 5.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. In 2021, after going to training camp with the Texans and spending the first week of the season on the Saints practice squad, he appeared in 12 games for Houston and recorded 23 tackles (11 solo) and a fumble recovery. In 2020, he started all 16 games in his final season with the Vikings and posted a career-high 44 stops (22 solo) and 1.5 sacks. ( )

Taco Charlton, 6-6, 270, was originally selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round (28th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Michigan. Charlton has appeared in 55 games with 13 starts for the Cowboys (2017-18), Miami Dolphins (2019), Kansas City Chiefs (2020) and Pittsburgh Steelers (2021), posting career totals of 92 tackles ( 53 solo), 12 stops for loss, 11.5 sacks for a loss of 69 yards, three passes defensed, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. ( )

Justin Evans, 6-0, 199, was originally selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round (50th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Texas A&M. Evans has played in 24 career games with 21 starts from 2017-18 and posted 124 tackles (92 solo), four interceptions, eight passes defensed, one 34-yard fumble return for a touchdown and one special teams stop. ( )

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