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The New Orleans Saints are dipping into the wide receiver market again, signing former Green Bay Packers receiver Samori Toure to their practice squad,according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Adam Schefter
Saints are signing former Packers WR Samori Toure to their practice squad.
The move gives New Orleans another experienced option at a position that’s been in constant flux this season after trades and releases reshaped the depth chart around Chris Olave.
Saints Bring in Former Packers Draft Pick Samori Toure
Schefter reported on November 25, that the Saints are adding Toure on a practice squad deal, keeping him in the NFC after he opened his career in Green Bay.
Toure, 27, entered the league as a seventh-round pick by the Packers in the 2022 NFL draft after standout college stops at Montana and Nebraska. The 6-foot-1, 196-pound wideout appeared in 22 regular-season games over two seasons in Green Bay, finishing with 13 receptions for 160 yards and one touchdown, including a 37-yard score from Aaron Rodgers in 2022.
Since leaving the Packers, Toure has bounced through multiple receiver rooms, spending time with the Chicago Bears and most recently landing on the Denver Broncos’ practice squad before being released in late October.
New Orleans listed a full 17-man practice squad before this move and will need a corresponding transaction to make room, but Toure immediately joins a group of practice-squad receivers that has recently included Dante Pettis, Ronnie Bell and Jha’Quan Jackson.
What Samori Toure Signing Means for the Saints’ WR Room
The Toure signing is a low-risk depth move, but it underscores how aggressively the Saints have churned their wide receiver group this season.
New Orleans has already traded away deep threat Rashid Shaheed and parted ways with veteran Brandin Cooks, leaving Olave as the clear headliner and putting more pressure on younger targets like Devaughn Vele and Mason Tipton to handle expanded roles.
Toure doesn’t arrive as a lock for offensive snaps, but his experience in multiple systems and special teams work in Green Bay could help him carve out a role if injuries or performance issues hit the active roster again.
For now, he profiles as a scout-team and depth option, competing with other fringe receivers for a possible promotion later in the season. If he can flash the downfield playmaking he showed in college —he led the Big Ten in yards per catch at 19.5 during his final year at Nebraska — he could put himself in the mix when the Saints look for fresh answers on offense.
Stats & Background on Saints’ New WR Samori Toure
Across his two seasons with the Packers, Toure logged:
22 games, 2 starts
13 receptions, 160 yards, 1 touchdown
Long reception of 37 yards
His best NFL moment so far came in 2022, when he broke free for that 37-yard touchdown against the Buffalo Bills in prime time, hinting at the vertical ability that helped him earn a shot in the league despite late-round draft status.
Toure’s path has been anything but secure — late-round pick, depth role in Green Bay, practice-squad stops in Chicago and Denver — but the Saints are betting there’s still more development to come as they search for complementary weapons around Olave and Alvin Kamara.
If Toure can stick on the practice squad and show chemistry with New Orleans’ young quarterbacks, he could be the next candidate for a game-day elevation in a receiver room that has already seen plenty of turnover in 2025.