Changes to NFL scouting departments typically happen immediately after each year’s draft has wrapped up, and it appears the New Orleans Saints are moving quickly to bring in with a familiar candidate. Houston Texans reporter Aaron Wilson first reported Sunday morning that the Saints are hiring C.J. Leak, the former Texans assistant director of pro personnel who worked with New Orleans as a combine scout from 2016 to 2018. Inside The League’s Neil Stratton confirmed the news.
Leak was one of several scouting executives let go from Houston when Nick Caserio was hired as the Texans’ new general manager earlier this year, which was a bit of an unusual move.