New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced today that the club has signed safety Julian Blackmon to a one-year contract extension.
Blackmon, 6 feet, 202 pounds, is a six-year NFL veteran who was originally selected in the third round (85th overall) by the Indianapolis Colts out of Utah in the 2020 NFL Draft. In six seasons with the Colts (2020-24) and Saints (2025), the Layton, Utah native has played in 67 regular season games with 63 starts and has recorded career totals of 300 tackles (224 solo), 1.5 sacks, 10 interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, 22 pass breakups, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and seven special teams tackles. In one postseason contest in 2020 as a rookie, he started the game for Indianapolis and had five solo stops.
In 2025, Blackmon started the season opener for the Black and Gold and recorded seven tackles (four solo) and one pass breakup before being sidelined for the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury. In 2024, Blackmon opened all 16 games he played in for the Colts and recorded 86 tackles (62 solo), a split sack, three interceptions, four pass breakups and one fumble recovery to tie for the team lead in picks and takeaways (four).
In four seasons at Utah (2016-19), Blackmon registered 158 total tackles, 29 pass breakups, 8.5 stops for loss, 1.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and nine interceptions. In 2019, he earned consensus first-team All-American honors after he started 12 games and tallied 60 tackles (41 solo), four stops for loss, 1.5 sacks, eight pass breakups, a team-high four interceptions and tied for a team-high with two forced fumbles. In his first season at strong safety after previously excelling at cornerback for the Utes, he tied for the Pac-12 lead in picks.
