One more Saints player had sports hernia surgery

Following tight end Jeremy Shockey, linebacker Jonathan Vilma, defensive end Will Smith, offensive tackle Jammal Brown and quite a few other New Orleans Saints players, Pro Bowl right tackle Jon Stinchcomb was a new name of the long list of Saints to have sports hernia surgery.

Actually the news has not been confirmed by the team officials, but Stinchcomb was absent from the AllFax Specialties Classic, a charity golf tournament for Children's Hospital at Beau Chene Country Club he was scheduled to host on Friday. His teammates and coordinators all gave the same explanation for his absence as the surgery. So we can take it as the fact, but there is no need to worry about his availability to team’s offseason programs, because recovery from a typical sports hernia surgery usually takes three to four weeks, and the Saints training camp is more than two months away on July 29.

Stinchcomb can even have plenty of time to participate some team workouts in June, but it’s unlikely for him to be allowed to do that as the team would definitely want him to be in his 100 percent before wearing back his Saints jersey for any on-field work.

Saints made more choices with undrafted rookies

The end of the 2010 NFL draft did not necessary mean the end of adding rookies. There were still quite a few brilliant players yet to be drafted when the last round came an end and teams can still make some good choices with the undrafted free agents. Defending champions New Orleans Saints did not let the chance go and selected ten more rookies among the undrafted.

There are several big names on the list, including LSU’s safety Harry Coleman and TCU long snapper Clint Gresham. The other eight to put on Saints jerseys are UNLV’s offensive linebacker Jason Beauchamp, offensive guard Brandon Carter from the Texas Tech, defensive end Junior Galette from Stillman, quarterback A.J. McKenna from Albany State, cornerback Rafael Priest from TCU, defensive tackle Jay Ross from East Carolina, nose tackle Ekom Udofia from Stanford and cornerback Marcell Young from Jacksonville State.

With a height of 6-2 and weight of 211 pounds, Coleman also used to play at linebacker during his college football career. Being a huge Saints fan himself, Coleman is glad to be able to join the Super Bowl XLIV winner and contribute his versatility to the team’s development. As for Gresham, he is the only long snapper in the draft and could offer a lot help in the improvements at the position and could have a chance to compete for starting job with veteran Jason Kyle.