{"id":318954,"date":"2025-08-26T12:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/318954\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:26:28","slug":"new-orleans-saints-waiving-former-alabama-punter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/318954\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Saints waiving former Alabama punter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1000\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/093023_MFB_BurnipJa_MissState_RC5319.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe New Orleans Saints are releasing rookie punter James Burnip, according to Aaron Wilson on X.  The Alabama football product went undrafted in 2025<\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans Saints are releasing rookie punter James Burnip, according to Aaron Wilson on X.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama football product went undrafted in 2025 before signing with the Saints after the draft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.buildfire.com\/promo\/[SIG] Touchdown Enterprises\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-171739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/app-ad-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"370\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former South Carolina punter Kai Kroger won the punter job for the Saints after competing with Burnip throughout camp and the preseason. In the Saints\u2019 latest preseason game, Kroger has been the holder for kicker Blake Grupe this preseason, indicating that Kroger was put with the first group and Burnip with the second.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL season is set to begin in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>GET THE BEST ALABAMA FOOTBALL INSIDER INFORMATION, MESSAGE BOARD ACCESS, AND RECRUITING COVERAGE TODAY!\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/tdalabamamag.com\/subscription-plan-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIGN UP HERE<\/a>\u00a0TO UNLOCK OUR\u00a0SUBSCRIBER ONLY\u00a0CONTENT!*<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a8443ff93ebbb21b89325dfa96482134cd4db07e61d656370cdf8bbe2a07fa8f\"  class=\"avatar avatar-121 photo\" height=\"121\" width=\"121\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756211187_467_a8443ff93ebbb21b89325dfa96482134cd4db07e61d656370cdf8bbe2a07fa8f\"  class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TDALOGOFAVICON70x50fix36.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Orleans Saints are releasing rookie punter James Burnip, according to Aaron Wilson on X. 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