The New Orleans Saints announced today that they have re-signed LB Michael Mauti, signed DB Dejaun Butler, OL Kristjan Sokoli and OL Martin Wallace, placed LB Dannell Ellerbe on Injured Reserve, waived RB/RS Marcus Murphy and placed C Chris Watt on Reserve/Retired. The announcements were made by Saints’ Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis.
Mauti, 6-2, 243, returns to New Orleans after spending the last two seasons of his NFL career with the club, having spent his first two campaigns with the Minnesota Vikings. Originally selected by the Vikings in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft (213th overall) out of Penn State, he joined the Saints at the end of the 2015 preseason and in two campaigns has played in 24 games with two starts, collecting 40 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, 19 special teams stops and one punt blocked recovered for a touchdown.