Good thing Rich and Nancy Mauti kept their baby boy’s room intact for him.
He’s coming home.
Linebacker Michael Mauti, the son of the former Saints wide receiver, was claimed off waivers by his dad’s old team Sunday, a day after being cut by the Minnesota Vikings. Michael Mauti, who prepped at Mandeville, was a seventh-round draft pick out of Penn State, his dad’s alma mater, in 2013.
“It’s unbelievable how things can work out,” Rich Mauti, who played for the Saints from 1977-83, said Monday. “It was crushing to Michael to be cut, because he had a great relationship with the Viking coaches.