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NFL Draft History: Pick 254 | Year-by-year breakdown

See which NFL players were drafted with the 254th pick from 2015-2024

The onstage video screens display "The Pick Is In" for the New Orleans Saints during the 2023 NFL Draft, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

As we approach the 2025 NFL Draft on April 24-26, NewOrleansSaints.com takes a look at the history of the team's overall pick positions and the players it brought into the league. The Saints have picks in Round 1 (ninth overall), Round 2 (40th), Round 3 (71st and 93rd), Round 4 (112th and 131st), Round 6 (184th), and Round 7 (248th and 254th). FULL DRAFT COVERAGE >>

Chicago Bears safety Elijah Hicks (22) runs on the field during the first half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Chicago. Hicks was selected in the seventh round, 254th overall of the 2022 NFL Draft. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)

YEAR-BY-YEAR BREAKDOWN OF 254TH PICK IN THE NFL DRAFT:

YearNamePositionSchoolTeam
2024KT LevestonOLKansas StateLos Angeles Rams
2023Gervarrius OwensDBHoustonNew York Giants
2022Elijah HicksSCaliforniaChicago Bears
2021Pressley Harvin IIIPGeorgia TechPittsburgh Steelers
2020Derrek TeszkaLBNorth Dakota StateDenver Broncos
2019Caleb WilsonTEUCLAArizona Cardinals
2018Korey CunninghamOTCincinnatiArizona Cardinals
2017No 254th overall selection
2016No 254th overall selection
2015Rory AndersonTESouth CarolinaSan Francisco 49ers
  • 2024 – KT Leveston:
    Selected out of the Kansas State, Leveston was placed on injured reserve ahead of the 2024 NFL season with an ankle injury and did not take the field during his rookie season.
  • 2023 – Gervarrius Owens:
    Owens has played in five games in his two-year career and tallied one tackle and one fumble recovery and has spent time on the practice squads of the New York Giants and Tennessee Titans after he was selected from the University of Houston.
  • 2022 – Elijah Hicks:
    Hicks established himself as a regular contributor for the Bears after being drafted from the University of California, Berkeley, playing in 44 games including 15 starts over three seasons and racking up 103 tackles, three passes defensed, three fumble recoveries and a forced fumble.
  • 2021 – Pressley Harvin III:
    Harvin won the Steelers punting job his rookie season and held it for three seasons, playing in 47 games attempting 217 punts for 9,473 yards including 75 downed inside the 20 after he was drafted from Georgia Tech.
  • 2020 – Derrek Tuszka:
    Tuszka played in 39 games over thee seasons with the Broncos, Los Angeles Chargers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans. He accrued 40 tackles, 2.0 sacks and a forced fumble after he was selected from North Dakota State.
  • 2019 – Caleb Wilson:
    Drafted out of UCLA as 2019's "Mr. Irrelevant," the last selection of the draft, Wilson appeared in five games with the Philadelphia Eagles during the 2020 season primarily playing special teams and spent time with the Cardinals, Washington Football Team, Eagles and Denver Broncos during his career.
  • 2018 – Korey Cunningham:
    Cunningham appeared in 31 games, six starts, over five seasons with the Cardinals, New England Patriots and New York Giants after he was selected from the University of Cincinnati
  • 2015 – Rory Anderson:
    Drafted out of South Carolina, Anderson spent time with the 49ers, Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills, but never saw regular season game action.

SAINTS 7TH ROUND SELECTION HISTORY

The Saints used the 254th overall pick once before in franchise history, selecting defensive back Doug Robinson in the 10th round of the 1968 NFL Draft. The Saints utilized three seventh round selections in the last five drafts. With those selections, the Saints selected:

YearNamePositionSchoolSelection
2024Josiah EzirimTEastern Kentucky239th
2021Kawaan BakerWRSouth Alabama255th
2020Tommy StevensQBMississippi St.240th

Photos from Rounds 4-7 during Day 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

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