Saints' Late-Round Steal: TJ Hall's Scheme Fit

0:00On April 28th, the New Orleans Saints grabbed cornerback TJ Hall in the seventh round, pick number 219, and ESPN is calling it one of. The best scheme fits in the whole 2026 draft. Hall is a rugged player built for their defense, with solid physicality against the run and good instincts in zone coverage, even if his speed clocked. In at 4.59 seconds at the combine, analysts like Field Yates rank him in their top 150, praising how his toughness makes up for that average speed and turned him into a late round steal. He's been four years at Iowa, under defensive guru Phil Parker, playing in 75 games and racking up 49 tackles, 12 pass breakups, and two picks. Saints fans should love this edition. He brings real experience in that ball-hawking sense to shore up the secondary right away. That's your NFL News Today update, AI-powered, and always on.