CHICAGO — The New Orleans Saints signed wide receiver Tommylee Lewis to their 53-man roster, bringing him up from the practice squad since the Saints will be down three receivers this week for health reasons.

Lewis, wearing No. 14 now, has been with the Saints' practice squad since Oct. 8, and hasn't played in a game for them yet this season. He spent a portion of the 2020 training camp with the team after spending all of the 2019 season away from the Saints.

The Saints will be without receivers Michael Thomas (ankle/hamstring), Emmanuel Sanders (reserve/COVID-19) and Marquez Callaway (ankle), which left only Tre'Quan Smith and Deonte Harris as the team's only healthy receivers on the 53-man roster before Lewis was signed. Veteran receiver Bennie Fowler III is currently on the injured reserve.

In 34 games with the Saints from 2016-18, Lewis had 20 catches for 252 yards and two touchdowns. He also had seven rushes for 35 yards, 24 kickoff returns with a 22-yard average and 36 punt returns with a 9.3-yard average.

Lewis was the wideout on the receiving end of the infamous NOLA No-Call in the NFC Championship game — which ended up being Lewis' last game as a Saint.

---Nola.com

(10-31-2020 06:56 PM)HuskieBowWow Wrote:  CHICAGO — The New Orleans Saints signed wide receiver Tommylee Lewis to their 53-man roster, bringing him up from the practice squad since the Saints will be down three receivers this week for health reasons.

Lewis, wearing No. 14 now, has been with the Saints' practice squad since Oct. 8, and hasn't played in a game for them yet this season. He spent a portion of the 2020 training camp with the team after spending all of the 2019 season away from the Saints.

The Saints will be without receivers Michael Thomas (ankle/hamstring), Emmanuel Sanders (reserve/COVID-19) and Marquez Callaway (ankle), which left only Tre'Quan Smith and Deonte Harris as the team's only healthy receivers on the 53-man roster before Lewis was signed. Veteran receiver Bennie Fowler III is currently on the injured reserve.

In 34 games with the Saints from 2016-18, Lewis had 20 catches for 252 yards and two touchdowns. He also had seven rushes for 35 yards, 24 kickoff returns with a 22-yard average and 36 punt returns with a 9.3-yard average.

Lewis was the wideout on the receiving end of the infamous NOLA No-Call in the NFC Championship game — which ended up being Lewis' last game as a Saint.

---Nola.com

So 2 of their 3 WRs will be 5'7"

(10-31-2020 06:56 PM)HuskieBowWow Wrote:  CHICAGO — The New Orleans Saints signed wide receiver Tommylee Lewis to their 53-man roster, bringing him up from the practice squad since the Saints will be down three receivers this week for health reasons.

Lewis, wearing No. 14 now, has been with the Saints' practice squad since Oct. 8, and hasn't played in a game for them yet this season. He spent a portion of the 2020 training camp with the team after spending all of the 2019 season away from the Saints.

The Saints will be without receivers Michael Thomas (ankle/hamstring), Emmanuel Sanders (reserve/COVID-19) and Marquez Callaway (ankle), which left only Tre'Quan Smith and Deonte Harris as the team's only healthy receivers on the 53-man roster before Lewis was signed. Veteran receiver Bennie Fowler III is currently on the injured reserve.

In 34 games with the Saints from 2016-18, Lewis had 20 catches for 252 yards and two touchdowns. He also had seven rushes for 35 yards, 24 kickoff returns with a 22-yard average and 36 punt returns with a 9.3-yard average.

Lewis was the wideout on the receiving end of the infamous NOLA No-Call in the NFC Championship game — which ended up being Lewis' last game as a Saint.

---Nola.com

Tommylee has 9 lives. Love that he’s still in the NFL.

Let's get it Tommy! Best of luck! Hope he gets looks.

Just in time for bears game!

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that's awesome

What a life. Picks up $50,000 plus per game.

(10-31-2020 09:04 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  What a life. Picks up $50,000 plus per game.

And a pension!

Lets see if he has some magic today. 9 years ago today was the 2011 NIU Toledo game with his 2 kickoff returns TD's.

Good for Tommy Lee, I believe this makes him eligible for the NFL pension. The Saints love Tommy Lee and I'm not talking about just football talent. There is something there about Tommy they like a lot.

TLL just caught a pass vs Bears. Stopped short of the 1st down.

(11-01-2020 12:02 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(10-31-2020 09:04 PM)NIU75 Wrote:  What a life. Picks up $50,000 plus per game.

And a pension!

Seriously? That's great. Dude has already made over 1.5 million if some sites are to be believed. I'm curious about the pension so i looked it up, after 3 years of being on a team (TLL qualifies), retired players get 46K a year. For guys like TLL, who will not make big NFL money, that a big thing.

Pension. Have a former Huskies 1 game short of the pension. Could not get a tryout. Owners know and watch. Rule used to be 4 years to qualify, not sure what it is now.