Longtime NFL veteran wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders signed a new contract with the New Orleans Saints. As of this posting, the exact length and financial value of the contract are not available to the public. Sanders, an SMU product, spent the 2019 season with the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers.
Update: Terms of the deal, per Adam Schefter
Former 49ers’ WR Emmanuel Sanders reached agreement on a two-year, $16 milloon deal with worth up to $19 million the New Orleans Saints, per source. https://t.co/01akLF17C3
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 21, 2020
Source: WR Emmanuel Sanders is signing a free-agent contract with the New Orleans #Saints, pending a physical. Another receiver for Drew Brees. Saints won’t be as reliant on Michael Thomas.
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdNFL) March 21, 2020
Emmanuel Sanders, *New Orleans Saints, Agree to Contract
Despite suffering an Achilles injury late in the 2018 season, Emmanuel Sanders managed to be an effective and productive receiver throughout the 2019 campaign. Starting the year in Denver, the former third-round pick recorded 30 receptions for 367 yards and two touchdowns through seven games. While he and Courtland Sutton formed a formidable duo, the Broncos traded Sanders to the San Francisco 49ers at the NFL trade deadline.
Sanders made an immediate impact for the San Francisco 49ers. Serving as the top receiver in the passing game, the longtime NFL veteran recorded 36 receptions for 502 yards and three touchdowns on 53 targets. He added an additional five receptions for 71 yards in the playoffs and almost caught what would have been the game-winning touchdown pass in Super Bowl LIV.
Emmanuel Sanders initially entered the league as a third-round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. Selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sanders joined Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown to form what was one of the most dangerous wide receiver trios in the league. While this group couldn’t win a Super Bowl together, all three appeared in Super Bowl XLV against the Green Bay Packers.
Sanders almost joined the New England Patriots in 2013 as a restricted free agent. However, Pittsburgh matched New England’s offer, and Sanders spent one last season with the Steelers. One year later, Sanders left as an unrestricted free agent to join the Denver Broncos. Starring as a key component in Peyton Manning‘s passing attack, Sanders played a large role in winning Super Bowl 50 against the Carolina Panthers.
Throughout the course of his career, Sanders has accumulated 601 receptions for 7,893 yards and 42 touchdowns.
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