Saints add 6-foot-7 college basketball star-turned-TE Michael Jacobson

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but the New Orleans Saints signed a 6-foot-7 college basketball player who has hopes of making it in the NFL as a tight end. NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill reports that the Saints signed power forward-turned-tight end Michael Jacobson to their practice squad.

He’s not going to be mistaken for Jimmy Graham, but there’s no doubt that Jacobson has potential. The Seattle Seahawks recruited him into their 2021 training camp and coached him up as a tight end, which he hadn’t played since high school while focusing on basketball. He initially hung around on Seattle’s practice squad to start the season, but they released him on Sept. 25 and the Indianapolis Colts picked him up a few days later. He was with the Colts until final roster cuts this summer.

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We’ll see if Jacobson can cut the mustard in New Orleans after two other teams gave him a shot. He’s got all of the athletic ability needed to succeed at a listed 6-foot-7 and 244 pounds, but it’ll be of no help if he can’t block or catch passes. With the depth chart set at tight end between Juwan Johnson, Foster Moreau, and Jimmy Graham (with Taysom Hill cameoing here and there), don’t expect Jacobson to see a lot of game-time.