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Saints promote running back Jonathan Williams to active roster

The Saints won't have just two running backs available Sunday after all.

Jonathan Williams, who impressed during the preseason, was called up from the practice squad Saturday and will be in uniform for the Saints regular season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to a report from ESPN's Mike Triplett.

Saints RB Jonathan Williams is being promoted to the active roster from the practice squad, per source. Makes sense considering they only had 2 RBs active. And wouldn't be surprised to see him split time with Mike Gillislee as the backups. Don't know who was released yet.