Saints Make Six Roster Moves

The New Orleans Saints made several roster moves on Tuesday, according to Aaron Wilson. 

The full list includes: 

• Saints placed TE Adam Trautman and OT Landon Young on injured reserve.
• Saints signed WR Kevin White and CB Ken Crawley to their active roster.
• Saints waived DB KeiVarae Russell.
• Saints signed WR Malcolm Perry to their practice squad.

Trautman is expected to be out 4-6 weeks after suffering an MCL sprain, so this move was expected.

Trautman, 24, is a former third-round pick of the Saints back in 2020. He’s currently in the second year of his four-year, $4,499,405 contract that included $832,296 guaranteed.

In 2021, Trautman has appeared in 10 games for the Saints and caught 25 passes for 241 yards receiving and one touchdown.

Crawley, 28, wound up signing a three-year, $1.62 million contract with the Saints as an undrafted free agent out of Colorado in 2016. He managed to make the 53-man roster coming out of the preseason and returned to New Orleans on an exclusive rights contract. 

He was waived by the Saints and later claimed by the Dolphins. Miami waived him with an injury designation in 2019 and he was later waived from injured reserve. 

Crawley signed a futures contract with the Raiders for the 2020 season in January before being cut in August. From there, he had a brief stint with the Cardinals before returning to the Saints late in the season. 

New Orleans brought him back this past May. 

In 2020, Crawley appeared in six games for the Saints and Dolphins and recorded one tackle, one interception and one pass defense.