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Marques Colston

Marques E. Colston ( MAR-kis KOHL-stən born June 5, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Hofstra University, and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He helped the Saints achieve victory in Super Bowl XLIV with seven receptions for 83 yards against the Indianapolis Colts. He is the Saints' all-time franchise leader in receiving yards, yards from scrimmage, receiving touchdowns, total touchdowns, and total receptions.

Michael Thomas

Michael William Thomas Jr. (born March 3, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ohio State University. Thomas holds the NFL record for the most receptions by a player through his first three seasons, with 321. Thomas led the league in receptions in the 2018 season. Thomas attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California. As a senior, he had 86 receptions for a state-leading 1,656 yards and 21 touchdowns for the Toreadors football team. Thomas was ranked by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit. He committed to Ohio State University to play college football. Thomas attended Fork Union Military Academy for a year after high school and was roommates with fellow Ohio State teammate Cardale Jones.

Joe Horn

Joseph Horn (born January 16, 1972) is a former American football wide receiver and current assistant coach at Northeast Mississippi Community College. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and also played for the New Orleans Saints, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Memphis Mad Dogs of the Canadian Football League and the Iowa Central Tritons. He played college football at Itawamba Community College.

Eric Martin

Eric Martin is the name of:

Eric Martin (racing driver) (1969–2002), ARCA driver who was killed at the Lowes Motor Speedway
Eric Martin (musician) (born 1960), American singer-songwriter and member of Mr. Big
Eric Martin (footballer) (born 1946), Scottish (soccer) goalkeeper and former Southampton F.C. player
Eric Martin (Essex cricketer) (1907–1978), cricketer
Eric Martin (Nottinghamshire cricketer) (1925–2015), cricketer
Eric Martin (Middlesex cricketer) (1894–1924), English cricketer
Eric Martin (wide receiver) (born 1961), former American football wide receiver
Eric Martin (linebacker) (born 1991), American football linebacker
Eric Martin (lacrosse) (born 1981), American lacrosse player for the San Jose Stealth
Eric Charles Fitzgerald Martin (1905–1973), politician in British Columbia, Canada
Me One (born 1970), pseudonym used by rapper (and label owner) Eric Martin, of Technotronic fame

Devery Henderson

Devery Vaughn Henderson Jr. (born March 26, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver who spent 9 seasons with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).  The Louisiana-born Henderson played for Louisiana State University (LSU) where he and the Tigers won the 2004 BCS National Championship Game for the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. A few months later, the New Orleans Saints selected Henderson in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Henderson was part of the Saints' 2009 team that won Super Bowl XLIV against the Indianapolis Colts.

Lance Moore

Lance Andrew Moore (born August 31, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver who played over ten seasons professionally in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Toledo. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Moore joined the New Orleans Saints in 2006 and played with them for eight seasons, and was a member of the 2009 Super Bowl championship team. He has also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Detroit Lions.

Brandin Cooks

Brandin Tawan Cooks (born September 25, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State, where he received All-American recognition in 2013. Cooks was born to Worth Cooks Sr. and Andrea Cooks on September 25, 1993. Worth Sr. died of a heart attack when Brandin was 6 years old and Cooks and his three brothers, Fred, Worth Jr., and Andre, were thereafter raised by Andrea. He attended Lincoln High School in Stockton, California, where he played high school football for the Trojans. As a sophomore, he recorded 29 receptions for 600 yards and seven touchdowns.

Robert Meachem

Robert Emery Meachem (born September 28, 1984) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent.  He played college football at Tennessee and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints 27th overall in the 2007 NFL draft. Meachem also played one season with the San Diego Chargers.

Deonte Harris

Deonte Harris (born December 4, 1997) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and signed with the Saints as a rookie undrafted free agent in 2019 where he made his first Pro Bowl as a returner. Harris grew up in the Baltimore suburb of Middle River, Maryland and played high school football at Archbishop Curley High School where he also lettered in basketball and track & field.

Kenny Stills

Kenneth Lee Stills Jr. (born April 22, 1992) is an American football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Stills attended La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad, California, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball, and track. In his sophomore year, he had 30 catches for 627 yards and six touchdowns. As a junior, he snatched 62 passes for 1,500 yards and 17 touchdowns. As a senior in 2009, he was named CIF first-team at wide receiver after hauling in 45 receptions for 914 yards and 10 touchdowns. His career totals of 3,041 yards receiving established a San Diego area career-record.

Wes Chandler

Wesley Sandy Chandler (born August 22, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons during the 1970s and 1980s.  He was selected to the Pro Bowl four times, and ranked twelfth in NFL history in receiving yards and thirteenth in receptions when he retired. Chandler is a member of the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame. He played college football for the Florida Gators and was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
Playing as a receiver in a run-oriented wishbone offense at Florida, Chandler set a school record with 28 touchdowns. He was named both an All-American and an Academic All-American in 1977. He was picked third overall by the New Orleans Saints in the 1978 NFL Draft. Over an 11-year NFL career, Chandler played for the Saints, the San Diego Chargers and the San Francisco 49ers.  He holds the NFL record for most receiving yards per game in a season, set in 1982 with the Chargers.  After retiring as a player, he became a football coach, and served as the wide receivers coach for various teams at the professional and college level.

Ted Ginn, Jr.

Theodore Ginn Jr. (born April 12, 1985) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State and was drafted by the Miami Dolphins ninth overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. Ginn has also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals, and Carolina Panthers.

Willie Snead

Willie Lee Snead IV (born October 17, 1992) is an American football wide receiver for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2014 and has been a member of the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens. He played college football at Ball State.

Michael Lewis

Michael Lee Lewis (born November 14, 1971) is a former American football wide receiver and return specialist who is currently the team ambassador of the New Orleans Saints. He was signed by the Louisiana Bayou Beast in 1998. He did not play college football.
Lewis was also a member of the New Orleans Thunder, New Jersey Red Dogs, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans VooDoo.

Marquez Callaway

Marquez Callaway (born March 27, 1998) is an American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Tennessee.

Randal Hill

Randal "Thrill" Hill (born September 21, 1969) is an American athlete. He played American football in the National Football League from 1991 through 1997 for the Miami Dolphins, Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals, and New Orleans Saints. Hill ran in the 2016 election for the United States House of Representatives in Florida's 24th congressional district.

Emmanuel Sanders

Emmanuel Niamiah Sanders  (born March 17, 1987) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at SMU, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft.

Quinn Early

Quinn Remar Early (born April 13, 1965 in West Hempstead, New York) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 1988 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 188 lb (85 kg). wide receiver from the University of Iowa, Early played in 12 NFL seasons from 1988 to 1999. His best year as a pro came during the 1995 season as a member of the New Orleans Saints when he caught 81 passes for 1,087 yards and 8 touchdowns.
Quinn Early played high school football at Great Neck South High School. He currently teaches Choy Li Fut Kung Fu in San Diego at White Dragon Martial Arts  and has written and published in Inside Kung Fu magazine.In January 2013, Early was one of several professionals named as part of a mentoring program to assist with former #1 overall draft pick JaMarcus Russell's potential comeback to the NFL.On September 8, 2018 Quinn Early fulfilled a promise to his mother, Ann Early to publish her book, Bryant Acres.
On September 25, 2018 Quinn Early became the first human being to heli bungee out a helicopter over the Grand Canyon. This jump, to prepare Will Smith's team for his Birthday Jump for charity that was streamed on Facebook and YouTube to an audience of millions was first tested by Will's stunt double, Quinn Early. Quinn had only done his first test, heli jump days earlier in California but felt confident about his assignment to "trouble shoot" the bungee chord and technical aspects of his jump over the Grand Canyon for Will Smith.

Dave Parks

David Wayne Parks (December 25, 1941 – August 8, 2019) was an American football wide receiver/end in the NFL. He was the first overall selection in the 1964 NFL Draft out of Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University). Parks was selected to three Pro Bowls, and was an All-Pro selection two times. In 1965 he captured the "triple crown" of receiving, leading the NFL in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. In 2008 Parks was selected to be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Keith Poole

Keith Robert Strohmaier Poole (born June 18, 1974 in San Jose, California) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos from 1997 to 2001.  Poole was a stand out receiver at Clovis High School in Clovis, California and played collegiately at Arizona State alongside quarterback Jake Plummer. In 1996, he and Plummer helped lead the Sun Devils to the Rose Bowl only to lose to Ohio State 20-17.
Poole was selected by the Saints in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. In his five-year NFL career, Poole caught 96 receptions for 1,734 yards and 11 touchdowns.
In November 1998, he was sentenced to two months of probation for attacking a man with a golf club. He was fined $8,500, team and league officials said.

Tinker Owens

Charles Wayne "Tinker" Owens is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for four seasons for the New Orleans Saints (1976, 1978–1980) in the National Football League.  The younger brother of Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens, Tinker was a two-time All-American (1974, 1975) during his college career at Oklahoma.

Guido Merkens

Guido Albert Merkens, Jr. (born August 14, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas) is a former professional American football player who played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, punter and defensive back for ten seasons for the Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL.
Merkens was a 1973 graduate of Edison High School in San Antonio, then played both quarterback and defensive back for Sam Houston State University.  His versatility became a hallmark of his professional career.  In his first two seasons in the NFL, he was primarily a punt return specialist. During his tenure with the Saints, he served as the third-string quarterback, holder for field goals and special teams player; with occasional time as a wide receiver, punter or safety.  His penchant for being the emergency backup for all of the aforementioned positions earned him the reputation of a "jack of all trades".Merkens' father, Guido Sr., served as founding pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church in San Antonio and was a vice-president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.In 2007, the Houston Chronicle reported that Merkens was working as the general manager of a CarMax dealership in the city.

Torrance Small

Torrance Ramon Small (born September 4, 1970) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League for ten seasons for the New Orleans Saints, the St. Louis Rams, the Indianapolis Colts, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the New England Patriots.

Brett Perriman

Brett Perriman (born October 10, 1965) is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints (1988–1990), the Detroit Lions (1991–1996), the Kansas City Chiefs (1997), and the Miami Dolphins (1997). He played college football at the University of Miami.

Tre'Quan Smith

Tre'Quan Smith (born January 7, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCF.

Big fan of New Orleans football? Then check out this list of New Orleans Saints wide receivers.&nbsp;It includes every starting wide receiver from throughout ...