The New Orleans Saints have some notable former players playing in the UFL. One of them is Kirk Merritt. Merritt was a fan favorite during his time in black and gold, without taking many snaps in the regular season. Merritt suffered a potentially serious injury on Sunday afternoon during a UFL game for the Houston Roughnecks.
New Orleans also added another QB to their roster. The New Orleans Saints made several roster moves on Tuesday, which include releasing WR Tre’Quan Smith from injured reserve which means he will now be a free agent.
The New Orleans Saints officially signed LB Ty Summers to their active roster on Thursday and added WR Kirk Merritt to their practice squad. Here’s the
Merritt signed with New Orleans last year. The New Orleans Saints have waived RB Kirk Merritt per Brooke Kirchhofer with NewOrleans.football Merritt is a Louisiana native who attended Destrehan High School and signed with the Saints last year.
According to Katherine Terrell, the Saints are waiving WR Kirk Merritt on Tuesday. Merritt, 26, originally signed on with the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent out of Arkansas State in 2020.
Position changes are not out of the ordinary in the NFL, and especially not when it comes to the New Orleans Saints. Milder moves like Zack Baun moving from on-ball to off-ball linebacker coming out of college are one thing.
The event benefited Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans. New Orleans Saints wide receiver Kirk Merritt teamed up with Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans on Wednesday to host his 1st annual food drive at Destrehan High School.
Along with play on the field, the New Orleans Saints always take character, makeup and community involvement into consideration when building their roster.
The New Orleans Saints have made the following roster moves on Friday in advance of their Saturday game at the Cleveland Browns. - Promoted WR Kirk Merritt
The New Orleans Saints are placing veteran WR Jarvis Landry on injured reserve Thursday, per Nick Underhill. New Orleans also promoted WR Kirk Merritt from their practice squad to the active roster, announced his agent Mike McCartney.
The Saints made several transactions ahead of Monday night's game against the Bucs. The team has waived wide receiver Kevin White, signing defensive back Isaac Yiadom to the active roster in his place.
One year ago, wide receiver Kirk Merritt would have been a confident lock on the New Orleans Saints’ final roster. In 2022, though, he’s on the bubble looking in.
His recent switch to running back could be the difference when it comes to making the 53-man roster. This year's story at the wide receiver position compared to last seasons is just about as night and day as you can get.
The wide receiver room is deep for the New Orleans Saints but that shouldn’t stop Kirk Merritt from making the final roster. He’s been on fire this summer.
It feels as though Kirk Merritt has come out of left field for the New Orleans Saints this summer. It’s gotten to the point where Merritt won’t be someone
Ahead of an important matchup with the 1-7 Houston Texans, the Miami Dolphins elected to elevate linebacker Vince Biegel and wide receiver Kirk Merritt from the practice squad.
Tua is back and he brought some reinforcement The Miami Dolphins made it official today when the team activated quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to the 53-man roster.
The Miami Dolphins have grown accustomed to life “on the clock”. The Dolphins have owned a serious amount of draft capital over the past few years, so being on a timeline to make critical decisions isn’t necessarily foreign territory for this group.
Three of the six placed on the reserve COVID-19 list are defensive linemen.
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