Looking up the last 11 players drafted with the No. 40 overall pick can give us an idea of what kind of help the New Orleans Saints can find in Round 2 of the 2023 NFL draft. Picking just 11 slots after their first-round choice at No. 29, they should be positioned well to land an impact player (assuming they don’t trade out of this spot). Let’s look back on the players to come before here:
2022: DE Boye Mafe, Minnesota
2021: S Richie Grant, UCF
2020: DT Ross Blacklock, TCU
2019: CB Trayvon Mullen, Clemson
2018: WR Courtland Sutton, SMU
2017: WR Curtis Samuel, Ohio State
2016: WR Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma
2015: WR Dorial Green-Beckham, Oklahoma
2014: LB Kyle Van Noy, BYU
2013: DE Tank Carradine, Florida State
2012: G Amini Silatolu, Midwestern State
