Another Buckeye is joining the New Orleans Saints’ secondary.
The Saints are trading for former Ohio State cornerback Bradley Roby, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
Sources: The #Texans are trading starting CB Bradley Roby to the #Saints. The deal is being finalized now. Hes suspended Week 1, but should help immensely at a position of need.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 8, 2021
Roby becomes the third Buckeye in the Saints' secondary, joining Marshon Lattimore and Malcolm Jenkins, and the sixth former Ohio State player with the Saints, also joining Pete Werner, Michael Thomas (who will start the season on the physically unable to perform list) and Nick Vannett (who will begin the year on injured reserve). Including players on reserve lists, no other NFL team currently employs more Buckeyes than the Saints.
Due to a six-game suspension for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing drug policy that he received with five games remaining in the 2020 season, Roby will miss the Saints' season opener but will be eligible to join the team in Week 2.
Roby, who had been with the Houston Texans since 2019, will now be playing for his third NFL team after beginning his career with the Denver Broncos, who selected him in the first round of the 2014 NFL draft.
It will be his first time actually playing with Jenkins, whose Ohio State career ended two years before Roby's began, and Lattimore, whose Ohio State career started one year after Roby's ended.
