New Orleans hadn't used a first- or second-round pick on a QB since 1971, but the Saints did it to grab a 25-year-old Louisville prospect.

Tyler Shough is the latest player to enter the New Orleans Saints' quarterback room as the team's No. 40 overall pick in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Friday night. Here are five things to know about him.

With their second-round pick in the 2025 draft, the New Orleans Saints needed a quarterback. And they took a quarterback. But not the quarterback that, as of a few weeks ago, many thought they'd take. It's Louisville's Tyler Shough, and not Colorado's Shedeur Sanders, who become the third quarterback.