So much for a quiet final four rounds. After trading all of their picks to move up for tight end Adam Trautman, the New Orleans Saints traded again to acquire a seventh-round draft pick from the Houston Texans, picking Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens at No. 240.
Listed at 6-foot-5 and 235 pounds, Stevens drew comparisons to Taysom Hill while rumbling and tumbling through four years at Penn State and a fifth season with Mississippi State. He threw just 202 passes in college, 161 of them in 2019 for the Bulldogs. He has a career completion percentage of 59.9%, putting up 1,459 passing yards with 15 touchdowns thrown against 6 interceptions.
Stevens ran 159 times at the college level, gaining 887 rushing yards and scoring a dozen touchdowns. He also caught 14 passes for another 62 receiving yards, hitting the end zone twice.
He’s as close to a versatile backup for Hill as the Saints are likely to find. It’ll be interesting to see if they continue exploring their options on the free agent market.
