SAINTS vs. DOLPHINS CONNECTIONS
New Orleans WR Kevin Austin Jr. prepped at North Broward (Coconut Creek, Fla.) HS.
Saints Special Teams Coordinator Phil Galiano served on the Dolphins staff in 2016.
New Orleans Vice President/Asst. General Manager/College Personnel Jeff Ireland served as general manager for the Dolphins from 2008-13.
Saints National Scout Mike Baugh served in the Dolphins player personnel department from 2005-07.
New Orleans Pro Scout Tosan Eyetsemitan participated in rookie minicamp with the Dolphins in 2014.
New Orleans Director of Football Operations Derek Stamnos worked in the Dolphins operations department from 2011-14.
New Orleans Director of Football Administation Scott Kuhn spent six years in the Dolphins player personnel department from 2000-06.
Saints Senior Personnel Advisor Randy Mueller served as general manager of the Dolphins from 2005-07.
New Orleans Defensive Line Coach Bo Davis served as assistant defensive line coach of the Dolphins in 2006.
Saints Assistant Offensive Line Coach Jahri Evans received his MBA from the University of Miami.
Saints Senior Offensive Assistant Scott Linehan served as Dolphins offensive coordinator in 2005.
Saints Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier served in the same position at the University of Florida from 2015-17.
New Orleans Assistant Wide Receivers Coach Kyle Valero served as a student assistant at Florida State from 2008-09.
New Orleans DT Davon Godchaux was a fifth round pick of the Dolphins in the 2017 NFL Draft and spent his first four NFL seasons with the Fish.
Saints CB Isaac Yiadom was tutored by Miami Cornerbacks Coach Mathieu Araujo at Boston College in 2017.
New Orleans Defensive Coordinator Brandon Staley and Miami Linebackers/Run Game Coordinator Joe Barry served on the same Los Angeles Rams coaching staff in 2020. Staley tutored Dolphins LB Bradley Chubb in 2019 in Denver as Broncos outside linebackers coach.
Davis and Miami Quarterbacks/Pass Game Coordinator Darrell Bevell served on the same staff in Detroit in 2019-20.
Saints S Justin Reid played with Dolphins P Jake Bailey at Stanford. Godchaux, Bailey, Dolphins LS Joe Cardona, CB Jack Jones, LB Matthew Judon and OL Cole Strange were New England Patriots teammates. Reid and Miami LB Willie Gay Jr., who played for New Orleans in 2024, were teammates in Kansas City from 2022-23.
New Orleans G Dillon Radunz played with Miami offensive linemen Aaron Brewer, Daniel Brunskill and Kendall Lamm and WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine with the Tennessee Titans.
New Orleans CB Alontae Taylor and Miami DT Matthew Butler and RB Jaylen Wright were college teammates at Tennessee. Saints TE Foster Moreau played with Butler and Dolphins FB Alec Ingold with the Raiders.
New Orleans DT Nathan Shepherd and Miami DB Elijah Campbell, CB Ashtyn Davis and QB Zach Wilson were teammates with the New York Jets.
New Orleans DL Jonathan Bullard played at the University of Florida.
New Orleans TE Jack Stoll played in Miami in 2024.
New Orleans LB Danny Stutsman was born in Boca Raton.
Miami Offensive Coordinator Frank Smith served on the New Orleans coaching staff from 2010-14. Staley, Saints Edges Coach Jay Rodgers and Smith served on the same Chicago staff. Smith served on Staley's Chargers staff in 2021. Smith tutored Moreau with the Raiders from 2019-20.
New Orleans T Kelvin Banks Jr., LB Jaylan Ford and Miami QB Quinn Ewers were college teammates at Texas.
Dolphins Assistant Defensive Backs Coach DeShawn Shead played for the Saints in 2019.
New Orleans Cornerbacks Coach Grady Brown tutored Miami S Minkah Fitzpatrick in Pittsburgh the past three seasons.
New Orleans C Luke Fortner and Miami K Riley Paterson were teammates in Jacksonville in 2022.
New Orleans S Jonas Sanker and Miami WR Malik Washington were college teammates at Virginia.
Miami WR Cedrick Wilson Jr. played for the Saints from 2024-25 and played for Linehan and Saints Head Coach Kellen Moore in Dallas, where they served as offensive coordinators.