METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints weren't looking for a typical rookie when they selected Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough with the 40th pick in the draft.
Shough had traits that might have made other teams shy away. He'll be 26 at the beginning of the NFL season -- older than most of his draft class.
He's played for three teams across seven years of college eligibility -- Oregon from 2018-20, Texas Tech from 2021-23 and Louisville in 2024 -- long enough to have been teammates with Saints tight end Juwan Johnson, who is entering his sixth NFL season, at Oregon during Shough's freshman season.