Brandon Silvers grew up close enough to New Orleans for the Saints to be logical choice as his favorite NFL team.
Silvers, who hails from Orange Beach, Alabama, also is known among many Louisiana football fans as the former Troy quarterback who helped spring an upset of LSU last fall inside Tiger Stadium.
Silvers now will have another connection to the state as he joins the Saints for a rookie minicamp in less than two weeks. He reportedly had planned to be with the Philadelphia Eagles for their rookie camp.
"Change of plans!" Silvers tweeted Monday (April 30).