**[Brandin Cooks](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CookBr00.htm?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-21_pfr)** is returning to where his career began. The veteran wideout has a deal in place with the Saints, [as first reported by Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football](https://x.com/nick_underhill/status/1903143358018585018).
Cooks spent his first three seasons with the Saints, quickly emerging as a focal point on offense. The former first-round pick topped 1,100 yards in 2015, then did so again the following year. His 20 touchdowns scored during his first New Orleans stint and status as a key deep threat did not produce a long-term arrangement with the team, however. Cooks was dealt to the Patriots during the 2017 offseason.
_More to come…_