**SAINTS vs. JAGUARS CONNECTIONS**
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New Orleans defensive end Chris Rumph II prepped at Bucholz (Gainesville, Fla.) HS and was a college teammate of Jacksonville wide receiver Eli Pancol at Duke and a teammate of Jaguars defensive tackle Austin Johnson and Saints guard/center Will Clapp with the Los Angeles Chargers from 2022–23, where they were tutored by Saints Defensive Coordinator Brandon Staley and Edges Coach Jay Rodgers.
Jacksonville Head Coach Liam Coen tutored Saints wide receiver Brandin Cooks in 2018 and 2019, when he served as assistant wide receivers coach with the Los Angeles Rams.
Cooks and Jaguars tight end Johnny Mundt and quarterback John Wolford were Rams teammates.
Mundt, Saints center/guard Shane Lemieux and defensive back Ugo Amadi were college teammates at Oregon from 2015–16.
Lemieux and Johnson were New York Giants teammates from 2020–21.
Cooks and Jaguars guard Chuma Edoga were teammates with the Dallas Cowboys from 2023–24.
Saints Special Teams Coordinator Phil Galiano served on the same Rutgers coaching staff with Jaguars Defensive Coordinator Anthony Campanile from 2014–15.
Campanile tutored Saints cornerback Isaac Yiadom at Boston College from 2016–17, when he served as the Eagles' defensive backs coach.
Yiadom and Jaguars tight end Hunter Long were BC teammates in 2017.
Saints running back Cam Akers, a former Florida State standout, was tutored by Coen when he was Rams offensive coordinator in 2022 and played with Saints safety Terrell Burgess, defensive end Jonah Williams, Wolford, Mundt, Long, Jaguars guard Tremayne Anchrum Jr. and wide receiver Austin Trammell with Los Angeles.
Anchrum went to Saints training camp in 2024.
Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., a product of Walker HS, was a standout at LSU, leading the FBS with 17 touchdown grabs in 2023.
New Orleans quarterback Spencer Rattler threw passes to Jacksonville wide receiver Dorian Singer at Pinnacle (Phoenix, Az.) HS.
Jacksonville tackle Anton Harrison blocked for Rattler and played with Saints linebacker Danny Stutsman, who prepped at Foundation (Winter Garden, Fla.) Academy, and Jaguars defensive end Ethan Downs at Oklahoma.
Saints Assistant Special Teams Coach Kyle Wilber prepped at Apopka (Fla.) HS.
Saints Defensive Line Coach Bo Davis helped tutor the Jacksonville defensive line in 2016.
Saints Head Coach Kellen Moore and Run Game Coordinator T.J. Paganetti tutored Jaguars tackle Fred Johnson in Philadelphia, where he was a teammate of Saints tight end Jack Stoll.
New Orleans Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier served as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks at Florida from 2015–17, tutoring Johnson with the Gators during that time.
Saints defensive tackle Bryan Bresee and Jaguars running back Travis Etienne, a former Jennings HS standout, and quarterback Trevor Lawrence were college teammates at Clemson in 2020.
Saints guard/tackle Landon Young played with Jacksonville center Luke Fortner and defensive end Josh Hines-Allen at Kentucky.
New Orleans safety Justin Reid, Jacksonville wide receiver Trenton Irwin and tackle Walker Little were college teammates at Stanford.
New Orleans defensive tackle Davon Godchaux, Irwin and Jaguars defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah were teammates with the Miami Dolphins.
Saints wide receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr. and Jaguars guard Ezra Cleveland were college teammates at Boise State.
Jacksonville Vice President of Community Impact & Football Development Adriel Rocha is a Mississippi Gulf Coast native who graduated from Southern Mississippi in 2010 and worked in the Saints front office from 2012–16.
Saints defensive end Isaiah Foskey and Jaguars center Robert Hainsey were teammates at Notre Dame.
Saints defensive back Elliott Davison and Jaguars wide receiver Joshual Cephus were college teammates at UTSA.
New Orleans defensive end Fadil Diggs and Jacksonville running back LeQuint Allen were college teammates at Syracuse in 2024.
Jacksonville quarterback Nick Mullens played at Southern Mississippi from 2013–16.
Jacksonville defensive end Myles Cole prepped at Evangel (Shreveport, La.) Christian Academy and played at Louisiana-Monroe from 2018–20, before transferring to Texas Tech, where he was a teammate of Saints quarterback Tyler Shough.
Saints wide receiver Chris Olave, linebacker Pete Werner and defensive end Chase Young played with Jaguars defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton at Ohio State.
Young and Jacksonville wide receiver Dyami Brown were teammates in Washington from 2021–23.
Jacksonville defensive tackle Jordan Jefferson prepped at Navarre (Fla.) and played at LSU in 2023.
Saints defensive back Jordan Howden and Jaguars defensive end Danny Striggow were college teammates at Minnesota.