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Report: Marcus Ball among several New Orleans Saints players to be released

According to reports by The New Orleans Advocate, several players have been released by the New Orleans Saints in order to make room for the new draft picks and undrafted free agents.

The list includes safeties Marcus Ball and Ty Zimmerman, and linebacker Kyle Knox.  The moves come just two days after the Saints wrapped up their selections in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Ty Zimmerman has also been released, per source

— Nick Underhill (@nick_underhill) May 4, 2015

Ball was signed last year as a free agent out of the Canadian Football League, serving as backup and totaling 12 solo tackles and a fumble recovery in 12 games played (two starts).