Saints Waive Wide Receiver with Steelers Draft Ties
The New Orleans Saints have released a young wide receiver that the Pittsburgh Steelers showed interest in during the pre-draft process. The Saints are cutting ties with 2023 sixth-round draft pick A.T. Perry, placing the second-year receiver on waivers on Friday, according to a report by Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football.
Perry is a 6-foot-3, 200-pound wide receiver that played collegiately at Wake Forest. Perry played in 10 games and made three starts as a rookie last season, recording 12 catches for 246 yards and four touchdowns.
But the young receiver had a hard time cracking the lineup this year. He was scratched for each of the Saints’ first four games, and did not seem to be favored by new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.
The Steelers scouted Perry at the 2023 East-West Shrine Bowl, where he was one of the top performers.
In pre-draft testing, Perry ran a 4.47-second 40-yard dash and posted a 9.62 overall Relative Athletic Score out of 10.
In four seasons at Wake Forest, Perry recorded 171 catches for 2,662 yards and 28 touchdowns. He broke out as a redshirt sophomore in 2021, posting 71 catches for 1,293 yards and 15 touchdowns. He followed it up with 81 catches for 1,096 yards and 11 scores in 2022.
The Steelers have been searching for help at wide receiver since trading Dionte Johnson to the Carolina Panthers for cornerback Donte Jackson back in March. The team had a failed highly publicized pursuit of San Francisco 49ers star Brandon Aiyuk this offseason.
The Steelers have been looking at other ways to improve their wide receivers room, adding former Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Johnson to their practice squad and bringing former Arizona Cardinals second-round pick Andy Isabella in for a tryout this week.
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