Chris Herndon‘s latest bounce-back bid left him on the outside looking in as the Saints made their second round of cuts. They released the fifth-year tight end Tuesday, Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com tweets.
The Saints’ move down to 80 players also included the placement of wide receiver Kevin White on IR. White, who played six games for a receiver-depleted New Orleans squad last season, signed a reserve/futures deal to stay with the team in January.
New Orleans added Herndon just after the start of training camp, but the former Jets starter has not shown too much since his rookie-year breakout. A 2019 suspension and an injury soon after stalled Herndon’s momentum after his 502-yard rookie year in New York. He has not topped 300 yards in a season since and only caught four passes while with the Vikings last year.
Injuries have defined White’s NFL career. While the former No. 7 overall pick has done well to hang around this long, he has been an afterthought since multiple major injuries wrecked his Bears run. White, 30, missed all of his 2015 rookie season and only played five Bears games from 2017-18. He has since caught on with the 49ers and Saints, suiting up as a backup.
They’re gonna rename it the Kevin White list.
White is hurt? NOOOOOOOOOO. I mean what a stunner…. Man he sure showed the Bears what they were missing.. and they are grateful.
Five seasons of play, 80 regular season games, and he has played in 23….what a BUST.
7 catches for 136 yards in the last 5 seasons….Amazing how many chances…
Kevin White. There’s a name I haven’t ranted about in a long time. Who picked him again? It’s right on the tip of my tongue.
Reggie McKenzie took so much crap from all of those in the know because he drafted Amari Cooper over Kevin White. Just saying.