Coming in to training camp last year, the Saints had their usual group of undrafted rookie free agents looking to do anything to crack the 53-man roster or at least get a shot at being on the practice squad. One of those, wide receiver Keith Kirkwood, undrafted out of Temple University, was doing a lot to catch the eyes of coaches and fans very early on.
Keith Kirkwood was an interesting story already. Out of Neptune, New Jersey, he started his collegiate career at the University of Hawaii but quickly found the setting and the distance from home to be too much.