Hendon Hooker to visit with Saints on Tuesday

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The Saints signed Derek Carr to a four-year deal last month, but New Orleans is still taking a look at quarterbacks in the draft.

According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Hendon Hooker will visit with the organization tomorrow.

Hooker, the former Tennessee quarterback, is coming off an ACL tear that cut short his final collegiate season. But before suffering the injury, he’d completed 70 percent of his passes for 3,135 yards with 27 touchdowns and just two interceptions.

That came after Hooker completed 68 percent of his throws for 2,945 yards with 31 touchdowns and three interceptions in 2021 for the Volunteers.

Hooker, 25, said at the scouting combine that he expects to be fully cleared in time for training camp.

The Saints have the No. 29 overall pick in the first round and the No. 40 overall pick in the second round.

3 responses to “Hendon Hooker to visit with Saints on Tuesday

  1. If those numbers can be duplicated at nfl level that would be close to Brees type performance. Use the 1st rnd pick aquired in the Peyton deal to get Hooker.

  2. kyzmyn2 says:
    April 3, 2023 at 1:16 pm
    If those numbers can be duplicated at nfl level that would be close to Brees type performance. Use the 1st rnd pick aquired in the Peyton deal to get Hooker.

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    He’s supposed to drop to 3rd or 4th rd – but yeah, you do that. #whodat @cha-chunk

  3. Not a great guy at reading defenses. What he ran was light years different than a pro scheme based on the west coast offense the saints run.

    Old already and a product of scheme. Without the injury he would have been the fifth or sixth.

    Qbs are crazy in this draft. Two of the top qbs pass the eyeball test. One can’t complete passes but runs fast. Levis has an ego issues we hear now. That is it for the draft.

    Somebody will make a short guy work or seriously protect a slightly built qb to make it work. Over draft them and pray.

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