Syracuse EDGE Diggs wraps Saints draft haul

By Ross Jackson

METAIRIE, La. – With their final selection in the NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints went back to the defensive trenches and got a promising young edge rusher.

With the No. 254 overall selection in the draft, the Saints selected Syracuse edge rusher Fadil Diggs.

With the 254th pick in the Draft, the #Saints select:

Syracuse Edge Fadil Diggs 💪#SaintsDraft | @CoxComm pic.twitter.com/utnBzLG3JR

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

Diggs is an athletic and speedy pass rusher that can be a situational guy rushing off the edge. At 6-foot-4 and 257 pounds, he ran a 4.57 40-yard-dash. He had 7.5 sacks and 14 tackles for a loss last year as he lit up the stat sheet.

Expectations will vary on the young defensive end, but he has the potential to develop and contribute on passing downs. He’s a solid replication of the prototype of pass rusher that has succeeded in defensive coordinator Brandon Staley’s defensive scheme before. 

Syracuse EDGE Fadil Diggs (#10) ran a 4.57 40 at 257 lbs and his tape has flashes as well. Probably just a situational pass rusher at the NFL Level but I’ll take that on day 3 pic.twitter.com/RGfd3O75WF

— Chicago Football Connection (@CFCBears) February 27, 2025

Diggs, who began his career at Texas A&M, caps off a nine-player draft class, the first of its size since the 2015 draft, a decade ago.

• Round 1, Pick 9 – Texas OT Kelvin Banks Jr.
• Round 2, Pick 40 – Louisville QB Tyler Shough
• Round 3, Pick 71 – Texas DL Vernon Broughton
• Round 3, Pick 93 – Virginia S Jonas Sanker
• Round 4, Pick 112 – Oklahoma LB Danny Stutsman
• Round 4, Pick 131 – Louisville CB Quincy Riley
• Round 6, Pick 184 – Kansas RB Devin Neal
• Round 7, Pick 248 – UCLA TE Moliki Matavao
• Round 7, Pick 254 – Syracuse EDGE Fadil Diggs