SAINTS vs. 49ERS CONNECTIONS
Saints DE Cameron Jordan played at the University of California from 2007-10, where he was an All-Pac 10 Conference first-team selection as a senior.
New Orleans Defensive Coordinator Brandon Staley served as assistant coach/defense for the 49ers in 2024.
Saints DE Chase Young played for the 49ers in the second half of the 2023 season and the postseason.
Saints practice squad WR Cedrick Wilson Jr.’s father, WR Cedrick Wilson Sr., played for San Francisco from 2001-04.
Saints Tight Ends Coach Chase Haslett was born in Sacramento, when his father Jim Haslett was the defensive coordinator of the WLAF’s Sacramento Surge.
Saints Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier served as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks at Fresno State in 2008.
New Orleans Linebackers Coach Peter Sirmon served the last seven seasons at the University of California, starting in 2018 as the inside linebackers coach and adding co-defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator duties to his role in 2019.
Saints Quarterbacks Coach Scott Tolzien played for the 49ers from 2011-12.
Saints practice squad QB Jake Haener prepped at Monte Vista (Danville, Calif.) HS and played at Fresno State.
Saints DB Rejzohn Wright prepped at James Logan (East Palo Alto, Calif.) HS and started his college career at Laney College.
49ers ILB Luke Gifford was college teammates with Saints TE Jack Stoll at Nebraska. Stoll and 49ers DE Bryce Huff, who prepped at St. Paul’s Episcopal (Mobile, Ala.), were teammates with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024.
Saints WR Brandin Cooks prepped at Lincoln (Stockton, Calif.) HS.
Saints Wide Receivers Coach Keith Williams, a native of Lodi, Calif., coached at both San Jose State and Fresno State.
New Orleans S Justin Reid played at Stanford, where he was a college teammate of 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey. Reid and 49ers WRs Skyy Moore and Marquez Valdes-Scantling were teammates with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Saints DE Carl Granderson prepped at Grant (Sacramento) HS.
Young, New Orleans WR Chris Olave and LB Pete Werner played with 49ers DL Nick Bosa and TE Luke Farrell at Ohio State.
Saints TE Taysom Hill and San Francisco LB Fred Warner were college teammates at BYU.
New Orleans Vice President of Player Development Fred McAfee and San Francisco General Manager John Lynch were teammates with Tampa Bay in 1999.
San Francisco P Thomas Morstead was a fifth-round pick of the Saints in 2009 and played for them from 2009-20.
49ers Offensive Assistant Deuce Schwartz served as a special teams assistant in New Orleans from 2017-18.
New Orleans CB Isaac Yiadom played for San Francisco in 2024.
San Francisco WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling played for New Orleans in 2024.
Saints OL Luke Fortner, 49ers G Ben Bartch and Farrell were teammates in Jacksonville from 2022-23.
Saints Defensive Line Coach Bo Davis, San Francisco Defensive Backs Coach Daniel Bullocks and Defensive Coordinator Robert Saleh served on the same Jacksonville coaching staff in 2016, under Assistant Head Coach Gus Bradley, who was the Jaguars’ head coach. Saleh and Saints Assistant Special Teams Coach Kyle Wilber served on the same Green Bay staff in 2024.
Saints T Xavier Truss and San Francisco DE Robert Beal Jr. were teammates at Georgia.
New Orleans Assistant Defensive Backs Coach Robert Blanton and 49ers Assistant Special Teams Coach Colt Anderson were teammates in Buffalo from 2016-17.
Saints LB Demario Davis played for 49ers Linebackers Coach Johny Holland when he served as inside linebackers coach of the Browns in 2016.
49ers QB Mac Jones was teammates with Saints DT Davon Godchaux with New England. Godchaux and 49ers C Jake Brendel were teammates in Miami from 2017-18. Fortner, Jones and 49ers DT Jordan Jefferson, who prepped at Navarre (Fla.) HS and played at LSU in 2023, were teammates in Jacksonville in 2024.
Saints DB Ugo Amadi played for the Titans with 49ers DE Sam Okuayinonu in 2022.
New Orleans CB Quincy Riley played with 49ers RB Isaac Guerendo at Louisville.
Saints TE Moliki Matavao and 49ers RB Jordan James were teammates at Oregon in 2022.
Saints TE Foster Moreau played for 49ers Quarterbacks Coach Mick Lombardi when he served as offensive coordinator with the Raiders from 2022-23.
Saints CB Kool-Aid McKinstry played with 49ers RB Brian Robinson Jr. at Alabama.
New Orleans RBs Velus Jones Jr. and Alvin Kamara and CB Alontae Taylor played with 49ers WR Jauan Jennings at Tennessee.
49ers G Dominick Puni blocked for Saints RB Devin Neal at Kansas.
New Orleans LB Jaylan Ford, T Kelvin Banks Jr. and DT Vernon Broughton played with 49ers DT Alfred Collins at Texas.
Saints TE Juwan Johnson and 49ers DE Yetur Gross-Matos were teammates at Penn State.
