Large receiver Brandin Cooks’ second stint with the New Orleans Saints has come to an finish.
The Saints introduced that they waived Cooks amongst a variety of strikes on Wednesday. Additionally they signed Kevin Austin Jr. to the energetic roster and added fellow broad receiver Jha’Quan Jackson to the apply squad.
Per NewOrleans.Soccer, Cooks renegotiated his contract to facilitate his launch. The phrases of that settlement weren’t identified, nevertheless.
“For me, personally, I simply know I can play at a excessive degree,” Cooks mentioned following the NFL commerce deadline, per The Occasions-Picayune and The Advocate. “Clearly, it has been irritating with the minimal alternatives, however all I do know is to grind, all I do know is to work. And hopefully get extra alternatives as I proceed to show that. I am not only a man that is a vet, that is like, ‘Oh I am good, I am simply glad to be enjoying soccer.’
“I do know that fireside continues to be there. I need to compete, exit and make performs and assist my crew win.”
Cooks, who performed with the Saints in his first three NFL seasons, has 19 catches for 165 yards whereas enjoying in all 10 video games (three begins) in 2025. He signed a two-year deal price as much as $13 million with New Orleans in March.
Cooks, 32, has totaled 729 receptions for 9,697 yards and 60 touchdowns in 168 profession video games (147 begins) with the Saints, New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys and Saints. He was chosen by New Orleans with the twentieth total decide of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Austin, 25, had one goal in a single sport this season with the Saints. He has 11 catches for 151 yards in 9 profession video games with New Orleans.
–Area Stage Media
