SAINTS vs. JETS CONNECTIONS
LB Demario Davis was a third round draft pick of the Jets in 2012 and played there from 2012-15 and in 2017.
Jets Head Coach Aaron Glenn played for the Saints in 2008 and tutored the Saints secondary from 2016-20.
Glenn tutored Saints DE Jonah Williams in 2024, when he was defensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions. Williams and Jets WR Tyler Johnson were teammates with the Los Angeles Rams from 2023-24.
Saints DT Nathan Shepherd was a third round draft pick for the Jets in 2018 and played for them from 2018-22.
Saints VP of Pro Personnel Michael Parenton appeared in two games with the New York Jets in 2009 as an offensive lineman and on special teams after being signed as an undrafted free agent out of Tulane.
Jets DT Khalen Saunders played for the Saints from 2023-24.
Saints Senior VP of Football Operations/Assistant GM Khai Harley is a Somerville, N.J. native and graduate of Rutgers.
New Orleans Senior Defensive Asst. Peter Giunta served as defensive backs coach of the Jets from 1994-95.
Saints Special Teams Coord. Phil Galiano spent eight years on the Rutgers coaching staff over three stints, most recently as special teams coordinator/tight ends coach in 2015. Galiano and Jets Defensive Asst./Nickel Alonso Escalante served on the same Tampa Bay Buccaneers coaching staff from 2012-13.
Saints Offensive Line Coach Brendan Nugent prepped at Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.J.) HS and received his first coaching job at his alma mater in 2004, overseeing the linebackers. Nugent and Jets Quarterbacks Coach Charles London served on the same Seattle Seahawks coaching staff in 2024.
Saints VP of Football Communications Doug Miller was a member of the Jets PR staff from 1990-2006.
Saints LB Pete Werner’s father, Greg, played tight end for the Jets in 1990.
Saints Dir. of Analytics Zach Stuart served as an analytics coord. with the Jets from 2020-23.
Saints Tight Ends Coach Chase Haslett’s father, Jim, finished his playing career with the Jets.
Saints TE Juwan Johnson prepped at Glassboro (N.J.) HS.
Saints WR Kevin Austin Jr. is a New York City native.
Saints Head Coach Kellen Moore, Offensive Coord. Doug Nussmeier and Quarterbacks Coach Scott Tolzien served on the same Dallas Cowboys coaching staff with Jets Tight Ends Coach Jeff Blasko. Moore’s brother, Kirby, served as Jets QB Brady Cook’s offensive coord. at Missouri.
Saints CB Kool-Aid McKinstry and Jets WR John Metchie III and S Malachi Moore were teammates at Alabama.
Saints RB Audric Estimé prepped at St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.) HS.
Saints Assistant Defensive Line Coach Brian Young and Jets Assistant. Defensive Backs Coach Dre Bly were teammates with the St. Louis Rams from 2000-02. Bly served in a Bill Walsh training camp coaching internship with the Saints in 2017. Young and Jets Assistant Offensive Line Coach Brian Natkin were teammates at Texas El-Paso from 1997-99. Saints Linebackers Coach Peter Sirmon, whose son Jackson, is on the Jets practice squad, played with Nakin with the Titans in 2001.
Saints Def. Line Coach Bo Davis and Jets Offensive Coord. Tanner Engstrand served on the same Detroit Lions coaching staff in 2020.
Saints Senior Offensive Assistant Scott Linehan and Jets Wide Receivers Coach Shawn Jefferson served on the same Detroit Lions coaching staff from 2009-13.
Jets Defensive Backs/Pass Game Coordinator Chris Harris was a former standout at Louisiana-Monroe from 2001-04.
Jets Special Teams Coord. Chris Banjo played for the Saints from 2016-18.
Jets Special Teams Asst. Kevin O’Dea served on the Saints coaching staff from 2016-18.
Jets Defensive Line Coach Eric Washington is a Shreveport native and former Grambling State standout from 1989-90.
New Orleans WR Chris Olave, LB Pete Werner and DE Chase Young and Jets QB Justin Fields, C Josh Myers, TE Jeremy Ruckert and WR Garrett Wilson were teammates at Ohio State.
Saints LB Isaiah Stalbird and Jets RB Isaiah Davis were teammates at South Dakota State.
Saints T Kelvin Banks Jr., LB Jaylan Ford and Jets WR Adonai Mitchell were teammates at Texas.
Saints Defensive Coord. Brandon Staley (head coach) and Moore (offensive coordinator) coached Jets TE Stone Smartt and CB Ja’Sir Taylor with the Los Angeles Chargers, where he also played with Saints DE Chris Rumph II and CB Michael Davis.
Saints WR Mason Tipton played at Yale.
Saints T Xavier Truss and Jets WR Arian Smith were teammates at Georgia.
Jets TE Mason Taylor played at LSU.
Saints S Jonas Sanker and Jets TE Jelani Woods were teammates at Virginia in 2021.
Jets T Max Mitchell prepped at Neville (Monroe) HS and played at Louisiana-Lafayette.
Saints DT Davon Godchaux played with Jets T Chukwuma Okorafor (2024) and K Nick Folk (2022) with the New England Patriots.
Saints TE Foster Moreau and Jets G Johnson Simpson were teammates with Las Vegas from 2022-24.
Saints S Justin Reid and Jets NT Harrison Phillips were college teammates at Stanford. Reid and Saunders were teammates in Kansas City in 2022.
Saints G/C Cesar Ruiz and Jets DT Mazi Smith were college teammates at Michigan in 2019.
Jets S Jordan Clark prepped at University Lab (Baton Rouge) HS.
