Back to the New Orleans Saints Newsfeed

Saints place Emmanuel Sanders on COVID-19 reserve list

Saints are placing WR Emmanuel Sanders on reserve-COVID list, meaning he will be out for Sunday’s game vs. Panthers, per source. Issue is he practiced Thursday and now must quarantine.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 23, 2020

Emmanuel Sanders was not spotted at Friday’s practice session, and now we know why: ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the New Orleans Saints are placing Sanders on the COVID-19 reserve list, which will force him to quarantine and remain inactive for Sunday’s matchup with the Carolina Panthers (who also lost top cornerback Rasul Douglas to the COVID-19 reserve).