UFL Features a Ridiculous Number of Former Saint Players

by Andrew Juge on Mar 29, 2011 12:00 PM CDT

Reading HansDat's post the other day about the UFL peaked my interest enough to take a look at what teams are out there and who is on their roster. What blew my mind was the number of names I recognized as Saint cast-offs. Some of them were terrible and barely made it through training camp, while others were actually serviceable.

Check out some of the former Saint names:

DT McKinley Boykin

DE Josh Cooper

WR Mike Hass

DT Antwan Lake

TE Nate Lawrie

LB Terrance Melton

G Rob Petitti

DE Josh Savage

DE Renaldo Wynn

Other random notable names: K Matt Bryant, HB Maurice Clarett, WR Michael Clayton, QB Daunte Culpepper, T Anthony Davis, HB Ahman Green, LB Edgerton Hartwell, HB Maurice Hicks, LB Cato June, QB Josh McCown, CB Ronnie Prude, QB Ryan Perrilloux, HB Dominic Rhodes, HB Marcel Shipp, QB D.J. Shockley, LB Odell Thurman, HB Labrandon Toefield, DT Claude Wroten

These were the names I recognized based on running down a list of of the UFL listed players. I'm sure I missed some. That's an incredibly long list of former Saints. Most notable are probably Kaesviharn and Bockwoldt, both who started for the Saints and played more than one season for the team. A lot of these guys were either backups for a year or camp bodies that never made the active roster. In fact, the mere fact that I recognize some of these names confirms my fear that I'm a little too obsessed with the Saints.

Anyway, having some familiarity with the players (and there's a long list of LSU guys, too) will probably make it slightly more likely that I'll take interest in the league, especially if...well you know.

So does reading this list of players make you more or less likely to give the UFL a shot?

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by WVPiratesfan on Mar 29, 2011 12:12 PM CDT reply actions

wow

you must have been really good to win with that

by Andrew Juge on Mar 29, 2011 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions

he didn't say he won with that MLB...yet

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Watch football in their underpants.

by Hans Petersen on Mar 29, 2011 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions

the only thing holding him back in that game

was a low awareness rating, other than that he was a stud

by WVPiratesfan on Mar 29, 2011 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I think Fakhir Brown just retired, but he was in the UFL for a little while too after getting a good amount of playing time for the Saints at CB for a couple of years.

There’s definitely a level of talent in the UFL that you won’t get with college football, so who knows. It just may have a spot if the lockout goes on too long.

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by VAsaintsfan on Mar 29, 2011 12:29 PM CDT reply actions

Fakhir

man I remember how much Haslett loved that guy. In fact, he talked the Rams into signing him and they started him as well. My view is that he always sucked. He must have had naked pictures of Haslett with that Saintsation everyone always talked about.

by Andrew Juge on Mar 29, 2011 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Kaesviharn, played more than one season with the Saints? Maybe I just dont want to remember.

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by cscmember on Mar 29, 2011 12:32 PM CDT reply actions

I think 2006 and 2007

He had a kind of freakish neck injury when they cut him – surprising he is still around

Bring the metal....

by bondcrash on Mar 29, 2011 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions

honestly

the first year he played with the Saints was so painful and long if felt like 5 seasons.

by Andrew Juge on Mar 29, 2011 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions

2007 and 2008 I believe

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by Dave Cariello on Mar 29, 2011 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Didnt he come along with Payton from Dallas??

Bring the metal....

by bondcrash on Mar 30, 2011 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions

I think he came from Cincinnati

by WVPiratesfan on Mar 30, 2011 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions

you are correct

http://www.nfl.com/players/kevinkaesviharn/profile?id=KAE461434

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by Dan Kelly on Mar 30, 2011 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Shanle came from Dallas with Payton

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Watch football in their underpants.

by Hans Petersen on Mar 30, 2011 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions

As did Scott Fujita, Terrance Copper and Billy Cundiff. Omar Stoutmire also had ties, from when Payton OC for the Giants, as did Hollis Thomas, from when Payton was the great Bobby Hoying’s QB mentor in Philly.

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by coldpizza on Mar 31, 2011 1:25 AM CDT up reply actions

30 bottles of Vodka.

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by Jon Banks on Mar 29, 2011 1:56 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

More likely

Devery Henderson, making absurd grabs for my teams since 2001.

by Andrew Tessier on Mar 29, 2011 12:35 PM CDT reply actions

TE Ronnie Ghent
TE Nate Lawrie

No Zach Hilton?!?!?!!! Eff this Mickey Mouse league.

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by coldpizza on Mar 29, 2011 12:44 PM CDT reply actions

I kind of liked Zach Hilton!

too bad he never panned out. I remember being in love with the fact that he was 6’7" and could run/catch. More wasted talent by Haslett’s incompetent crew.

by Andrew Juge on Mar 29, 2011 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Don't laugh if I'm wrong

but wasn’t Kaesviharn the one that recovered the blocked punt for a T.D. against the Birds in the Superdome in 2006, the first game played after Katrina that made everyone go crazy?

by tommy v on Mar 29, 2011 3:26 PM CDT reply actions

No. that wasn't him. some other guy.

Two Dat!! Who Dat!?

by ReggieVilma on Mar 29, 2011 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Curtis Deloatch.

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by coldpizza on Mar 29, 2011 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Steve Gleason blocked it

Curtis Deloatch recovered it

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by VAsaintsfan on Mar 29, 2011 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions

and Curtis Blow sings that song "Basketball"

random fact that barely connects to the thread

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Watch football in their underpants.

by Hans Petersen on Mar 29, 2011 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Not to mention that Curlis Lowe was the best damn picker to ever play the blues.

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by jeff.l.b on Mar 29, 2011 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions