The New Orleans Saints signed one of the free agents invited for a tryout earlier this week, with Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football reporting that the Saints added the 6-foot-5, 258-pound Ethan Wolf. Wolf was among a group of four veteran tight ends to audition in front of Saints coaches. It’s unclear just yet which player was removed from the 80-man roster in a corresponding move.
So why the addition? Longtime co-starter Josh Hill has missed time with an injury Saints coach Sean Payton defined as a “tweak,” and two experienced backups opted out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 when training camp first kicked off. That left a vacuum on the depth chart for Wolf to step into as someone with more NFL reps than rookies Adam Trautman and Tommy Stevens.
But who is Wolf? He played for the Tennessee Volunteers at the college level, where he was a teammate of Alvin Kamara’s in 2015 and 2016. Wolf caught 91 passes in his four-year career at Rocky Top, gaining 996 receiving yards and scoring seven touchdowns. He was initially signed to the Los Angeles Rams practice squad as an undrafted rookie, and will now look to compete in Saints training camp.
