The New Orleans Saints don’t have a more pressing team need than defensive tackle, so it’s good to see the 2023 NFL draft on the horizon. This year’s rookie class should bring them plenty of options at getting better along the defensive line, especially the interior; but the Saints are notoriously strict in their athletic prototypes, so it’s worth looking into the list of prospects and finding who meets their standards and who comes up short of the mark.
To find out what the Saints value, we looked into the scouting report of every defensive tackle to play for them since the 2018 season, which gave us averages and minimums for a variety of measurements and athletic testing results. Here are the minimums the Saints have used in each category at defensive tackle since at least 2018, with averages in parentheses:
