A former New Orleans Saints draft pick has a new home, with rookie tight end Alize Mack signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad, per the official league transactions wire. Ray Fittipaldo of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette first reported Mack’s signing.
The Saints selected Mack with a seventh-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame, and he initially joined the Saints practice squad. However, the Saints cut him before their Week 3 kickoff with the Seattle Seahawks, and Mack joined the Steelers a few days later. With Mack now with another team and rookie linebacker Kaden Elliss lost for the season with a knee injury, the Saints will be moving forward without either of the players they drafted in the seventh round earlier this year.