Mickey Lumis, executive vice president / general manager of the New Orleans Saints, announced today that the club has terminated the tight-knit contracts of Josh Hill and Jared Cook.
Hill, 6-5, 250 pounds, received various roles as receiver for the Saints, blocker, fullback and special teams contributor after making the team an unknown free agent outside of Idaho State in 2013. Hill appeared in 117 regular season games with 62 starts for New Orleans and posted 116 receptions for 1,071 yards with 15 touchdowns and touched 27 special teams. In nine postseason games with four starts, he posted 15 receptions for 166 yards with one touchdown.
In 2020, Hill played in 14 games with seven starts and posted eight receptions for 46 yards with one touchdown, one season after a career-high post in catches (25) and averaging 226 yards in 2019.
“He’s a true professional,” Loomis said of Josh Hill. “He did a lot of things that very few people noticed but his coaches and teammates were certainly aware of his contribution to the success of the team for the better part of the last decade. He has earned our respect and admiration during certain times in our program. “
“Josh joined us in 2013 with an uncertified free agent and has been a model of consistency with us for eight seasons,” said Saints head coach Sean Peton. “He plays a reliable, selfless and numerous role for us, often on the fly and between games. He plays every role at a very high level. We appreciate every work we do for our team and he knows he will continue to succeed. As it goes on. “
Cook, 6-6, 254, was signed by New Orleans as an unrestricted free agent in 2019 and is a 12-year-old NFL player who originally dropped out of university in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans. South Carolina. It starts 89 career with start. Starts post 50 receipts for 67373 yards (1.2.5 average) with a has1 touchdown in career games.
Since joining New Orleans in 2019, Cook has played 29 games and recorded 80 receptions at 1,209 yards (15.1 average) with 16 touchdowns, matching the second-highest scoring grab on the position during that period. After being named to the Pro Bowl in 2019, after hitting 43 at 705 yards (16.4 average) with nine touchdowns, Cook played 15 games in 2020 and led the tight group with 37 catches for 504 yards (13.6 average). The best seven touchdown receptions on the team.
“Jared demonstrated playmaking skills two years ago in a row that attracted us to him as a non-agent fee agent,” Patton said. “He did a lot of great plays for us and it had a positive impact on his teammates. Jared is a professional who is dedicated to his art and we wish him all the best in the future.”
