Saints nab Oklahoma LB Stutsman in round four

By Ross Jackson

METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints have added to their linebacker room, a position that was desperately in need of additional talent to help bolster the room behind starters Demario Davis and Pete Werner.

The Saints selected Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stutsman with the No. 112 overall pick of the NFL draft. 

With the 112th pick in the Draft, the #Saints select:

Oklahoma LB Danny Stutsman 💪#SaintsDraft | @CoxComm pic.twitter.com/xH9iMCAwtv

— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) April 26, 2025

Stutsman is an athletic and heat-seeking linebacker that’s a solid tackler (over 100 tackles in each of the last three seasons). He started 37 of his 47 career games, adding another experienced player in this year’s draft class. 

The Oklahoma linebacker will immediately add much-needed depth to the position while providing a third, gap-sound run defender for the second level when the Saints need one on early downs. He isn’t as much of a coverage linebacker, still a style of backer the team coil search for moving ahead, but he has immediate chance to see the field a ton early in his career.

The Saints could see Davis depart in the coming years, or could look to move on from Werner if his consistency doesn’t improve. That could open the door for Stutsman to move into an eventual starting role during his rookie contract.

Stutsman finished 2024 with 109 combined tackles, 8 for a loss and a sack.

New Orleans holds another selection in the fourth round, pick No. 131.