Here’s another pre-draft visit for the New Orleans Saints, per Saints News Network’s John Hendrix. Former Iowa and Michigan tight end Erick All made an official visit to the team headquarters in Metairie recently, one of 30 such visits the team is allowed to conduct before t he 2024 NFL draft.
He’s a good football player. All transferred to Iowa after a four-year run with Michigan was interrupted by back surgery. He can block well, but he was also the Hawkeyes’ leading receiver through seven games with 21 catches for 299 yards and 3 touchdowns in an offense that was otherwise ineffective. Unfortunately, his final season was cut short by a torn ACL in mid-October.
All passed his weigh-in at the NFL combine, checking in at 6-foot-4 and 252 pounds with 33-inch arms, but he wasn’t able to do any field testing while recovering from that knee injury. Between his injury history and lack of timing numbers, he’s projected to be picked anywhere between rounds three and six in the 2024 draft.
So he’s exactly the type of player the Saints are using these 30 official visits on: someone with clear ability but serious concerns, in this case medical. If All’s knee is recovering well and the back issues are behind him, the Saints should consider drafting him. That’s very likely what this meeting is focused on clearing up.