Saints Roster Cuts Tracker: Following every move New Orleans makes to arrive at initial 53-man roster for 2025 season

Keeping up with every move the Saints make ahead of Week 1.

Adam Holt — NFL News Writer
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Aug 10, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; New Orleans Saints cornerback Rico Payton (36) reacts during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jon Endow-Imagn Images

The New Orleans Saints are trimming down their offseason roster to 53 players as the regular season is now next on the calendar. 

New Orleans has plenty of work to do along their roster in order to comply with the 53-player maximum by 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

We’ll be tracking every roster move that’s made leading up to the deadline, whether or not they are announced in waves. If you’re here early, feel free to bookmark this page and refer back to it throughout the next two days!

Saints 2025 Roster Cuts Tracker

The following players have been released/waived:

  • RB Cam Akers
  • OL Kyle Hergel
  • WR Moochie Dixon
  • WR Roderick Daniels
  • P James Burnip
  • DE Jasheen Davis
  • DE Jeremiah Martin
  • DE Omari Thomas
  • OT Josiah Ezirim
  • OT Jonathan Mendoza
  • TE Seth Green
  • TE Michael Jacobson
  • G Mike Panasiuk
  • LB Tyreem Powell
  • CB Jayden Price
  • LB Nephi Sewell
  • DE Fadil Diggs
  • K Charlie Smyth
  • DB Elliott Davison
  • WR Dante Pettis
  • S Terrell Burgess
  • RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire
  • OL Shane Lemieux
  • DE Jonah Williams
  • CB Dalys Beanum
  • LB D’Marco Jackson
  • OT Easton Kilty
  • CB Rico Payton
  • DE Isaiah Foskey
  • WR Kevin Austin Jr.
  • QB Jake Haener
  • RB Marcus Yarns
  • TE Treyton Welch

The Saints were not incredibly impressive on either side of the football during the regular season, but there is plenty to watch this season for the black and gold. They have a new head coach – who has dramatically changed the culture of the team so far.

There are plenty of position battles raging on as the season begins. This is the time where the coaching staff must make the tough choices as the cutdown happens around the league.

New Orleans’ regular season begins with a Week 1 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Sept. 7.

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