Saints' initial 53-man roster age has plummeted compared to 2023

Last season, the New Orleans Saints had the oldest initial 53-man roster age of any NFL team, starting off at 27.4 years old. Per Nola.com’s Luke Johnson, the roster is now down to an average age of 26.9. Nearly a half of a year decrease in age a season later, with some of the older players still remaining on the roster and one year older (like Cameron Jordan, Demario Davis, Taysom Hill, Derek Carr, Tyrann Mathieu, and so on) this shows how much the roster turnover really aimed for younger players.

The Saints ended up with four undrafted free agents making the roster, as well as all but one of their draft picks in 2024 making the roster (Josiah Ezirim was added to the practice squad), that explains much of this youth movement. These players are:

• Taliese Fuaga – 22 years old
• Kool-Aid McKinstry – 21 years old
• Spencer Rattler – 23 years old
• Bub Means – 23 years old
• Jaylan Ford – 22 years old
• Khristian Boyd – 24 years old
• Mason Tipton – 23 years old
• Matthew Hayball – 27 years old
• Dallin Holker – 24 years old
• Rico Payton – 24 years old

Additionally, Kendre Miller and Bryan Bresee are both still 22 as well, dragging the average age down even further. While they may still end up being in the upper half and on the higher side of the age groupings, they have most definitely looked to go younger this year as opposed to last year’s theme.