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Saints punt and kick return job should be Deonte Harris’ to lose

One of the best finds so far in this 2019 version of New Orleans Saints training camp has been return specialist Deonte Harris. Everyone has been anxious to see what he could do coming from a tiny school but holding the NCAA record for most return touchdowns in a collegiate career.

The concerns have been that the NFL stage would be far too big for Harris. Little Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts has a football program smaller than most Louisiana high schools’. Yet he’s done nothing but turn heads since preseason started.

Pro Football Focus has him as the number one return man in the league through preseason and he had a 78-yard punt return for a touchdown in the Saints’ last preseason game against the Jets.