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The Carolina Panthers were set to sign Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens as an undrafted free agent on Saturday, but head coach Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints had other ideas when they picked the signal-caller in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft.
"There's no way I was going to lose this kid," Payton told Jeff Duncan of The Athletic.
The Saints, who had no draft picks remaining when the seventh round began, were vying with the Panthers for Stevens' services as a UDFA.