{"id":35129,"date":"2025-05-09T01:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/35129\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T01:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:16:10","slug":"saints-try-out-former-browns-lions-wr-donovan-peoples-jones-at-rookie-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/35129\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints try out former Browns, Lions WR Donovan Peoples-Jones at rookie minicamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an intriguing free agent trying out at <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Saints;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Saints<\/a> rookie minicamp. While these minicamps are mainly focused on acclimating first-year pros to life in the NFL, they also work as extended tryouts for veterans looking for work. And one of those players auditioning for a roster spot with the Saints is former Cleveland Browns and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/detroit-lions\/334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Lions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Detroit Lions<\/a> wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Peoples-Jones, 26, is a Detroit native who played college football at Michigan and was picked by Cleveland in the sixth round back in the 2020 NFL draft. He broke out in a big way in 2022, catching 61 passes for 839 yards and three touchdowns (all career-highs), but he fell off in the 2023 season. He caught just eight receptions in his first seven games before being traded to the Lions at midseason, and a change of scenery didn&#8217;t help. He had five catches for 58 yards through eight games and spent the 2024 season on Detroit&#8217;s practice squad. <a href=\"https:\/\/lionswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2024\/08\/02\/dan-campbell-lions-training-camp-donovan-peoples-jones-expect-more\/74652242007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lions coach Dan Campbell asked for more from him;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lions coach Dan Campbell asked for more from him<\/a> during the preseason, but Peoples-Jones didn&#8217;t do enough to win a roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Now he&#8217;s hoping to earn a shot with the Saints. Peoples-Jones is a good athlete with some size the team lacks at receiver, weighing in 6-foot-2 and 204 pounds, but he needs to show he can consistently make catches and move the chains. He could be a better option to compete for a roster spot in training camp than someone like Mason Tipton. Let&#8217;s see how he does in this first look over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/saintswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/saints\/2025\/05\/08\/saints-free-agent-tryouts-donovan-peoples-jones-nfl-rookie-minicamp\/83518336007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Saints free agent tryouts: WR Donovan Peoples-Jones at rookie minicamp;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Saints free agent tryouts: WR Donovan Peoples-Jones at rookie minicamp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s an intriguing free agent trying out at New Orleans Saints rookie minicamp. While these minicamps are mainly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[54,146,113,2506,7,147,9272,55,6,1040],"class_list":{"0":"post-35129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-cleveland-browns","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroitlions","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-lions","14":"tag-mason-tipton","15":"tag-new-orleans-saints","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-roster-spot"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114475236717076905","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}