Saints sign former No 2 overall pick Zach Wilson as backup quarterback: reports

The New Orleans Saints person reportedly made an summation to their backmost room.

The squad signed Zach Wilson to a one-year contract, according to aggregate reports.

Wilson, 26, spent past play with the Miami Dolphins and volition service arsenic the backup backmost to Tyler Shough.

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Miami Dolphins backmost Zach Wilson looks to propulsion a walk against the New England Patriots during the 4th fourth astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, connected Jan. 4, 2026. (Brian Fluharty/Imagn Images)

The Saints volition beryllium Wilson’s 4th squad successful 4 seasons. He spent the archetypal 3 years of his vocation with the New York Jets aft being selected with the No. 2 wide prime of the 2021 NFL Draft.

After 3 disappointing seasons with the Jets, they traded him to the Denver Broncos successful April 2024. The Broncos declined Wilson’s fifth-year option, and aft the play helium signed with the Dolphins.

Wilson has seen small crippled enactment implicit the past 2 seasons, not playing astatine each with the Broncos successful 2024. With the Dolphins past season, helium appeared successful 4 games, completing 6 of 11 passes for 32 yards.

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Miami Dolphins quarterbacks Zach Wilson and Tua Tagovailoa speech connected the tract earlier the crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connected Dec. 15, 2025. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

With the Jets, Wilson started 33 games, going 12-21 portion completing 57% of his passes for 6,293 yards with 23 touchdowns and 25 interceptions.

Wilson volition articulation Shough and 2024 fourth-round prime Spencer Rattler successful the backmost room.

Shough impressed successful his 9 starts past season. The Saints went 5-4 successful his starts portion Shough completed 67.6% of his passes for 2,384 yards with 10 touchdowns with six interceptions, portion rushing for 186 yards and 3 touchdowns.

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Miami Dolphins backmost Zach Wilson looks to propulsion a walk against the New England Patriots during the 4th fourth astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Massachusetts, connected Jan. 4, 2026. (Brian Fluharty/Imagn Images)

However, Shough battled galore injuries passim his assemblage career. He sustained a breached near collarbone successful 2021, re-injured that aforesaid collarbone successful 2022, and broke his fibula successful 2023.

The Saints anticipation helium remains steadfast arsenic they look to triumph the NFC South adjacent play and instrumentality to the playoffs for the archetypal clip since 2020.

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