Saints K Wil Lutz Says He Had Setback During Rehab, Now Out For 2021

Saints K Wil Lutz announced on Tuesday he suffered a setback while rehabbing his injury and will not return this season. 

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it! Congrats to Brian on his first game winner. New Orleans, you’re in good hands! pic.twitter.com/i68oqfVrRj

— Wil Lutz (@wil_lutz5) October 26, 2021

The veteran kicker had been trying to come back from core muscle surgery and the Saints had just designated him to return from injured reserve last week.

Brian Johnson kicked the go-ahead field goal for New Orleans last night and looks like he’ll have the rest of the season as the Saints’ starting kicker. 

Lutz, 27, wound up signing on with the Ravens as an undrafted free agent out of Georgia State back in 2016. He agreed to a three-year, $1.62 million contract with Baltimore, but was unfortunately waived as they cut their roster down.

The Saints signed him to a contract a few days later and he’s been in New Orleans ever since. Lutz was in line to be a restricted free agent in 2019 when he signed a five-year, $20.25 million extension. 

He was set to make a base salary of $3.4 million in 2021 and in each of the final two years of the deal in 2022 and 2023. 

In 2020, Lutz appeared in all 16 games for the Saints and converted 23 of 28 field goal attempts (82.1 percent) to go along with 57 of 58 extra point tries (98.3 percent).