Roster update: Saints sign five 2024 NFL draft picks

Rattler, 6-0, 211, was selected by the Saints in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft out of South Carolina. In five seasons at Oklahoma (2019-21) and South Carolina (2022-23), the Phoenix, Arizona native completed 900 of 1,313 passes (68.5 percent) for 10,807 yards with 77 touchdowns and 32 interceptions and managed 16 scores.

After transferring from Oklahoma, Rattler was a two-time team captain at South Carolina. He started all twelve games in 2023 and completed 275 of 389 passes (70.1 percent) for 3,186 yards with 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He was invited to the Reese’s Senior Bowl, where he was voted the game’s Most Valuable Player. In 2022, he started all 13 games in his first season with the Gamecocks and completed 264 of 399 passes (66.2 percent) for 3,026 yards with 18 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. In 2020, as a redshirt freshman, Rattler started all 11 games in his second year at Oklahoma and completed 214 of 317 passes (67.5%) for 3,031 yards with 28 touchdowns and just seven interceptions, in addition to posting seven rushing scores . He was named national Freshman of the Year by CBS Sports and earned All-Big 12 honors and Co-Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honors.