Former Jacket Tre Swilling signs with Saints practice squad
Former Georgia Tech cornerback Tre Swilling has been signed to the New Orleans Saints’ practice squad, the team announced Tuesday. Swilling was originally signed by the Tennessee Titans after going undrafted in April and was cut at the end of the exhibition season.
It’s a homecoming for Swilling, who grew up in New Orleans. His father Pat was a star linebacker for the Saints and is a member of the team’s Hall of Fame.
With the signing, all seven former Tech players who were either drafted or signed an undrafted free-agent contract after the draft are either on a roster or on a practice squad.
Two of them, long snapper Jack Coco (Packers) and running back Jordan Mason (49ers) played their first NFL games Sunday.
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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
