The Saints placed rookie safety Lorenzo Styles Jr. on injured reserve Tuesday.
The team needed the roster spot after claiming cornerback Decamerion Richardson off waivers.
Styles injured his calf in the second preseason game.
He will miss at least the first four games before returning.
The Saints selected Styles with the 172nd overall pick out of Ohio State. He recorded 30 tackles and two pass breakups in 12 games for the Buckeyes last season, while also returning a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown.
The Saints claimed cornerback Decamerion Richardson off waivers, according to the NFL’s personnel notice.
Richardson, 25, was waived by the Raiders on Monday.
The Raiders drafted him in the fourth round in 2024. He started seven games as a rookie but barely got on the field on defense in 2025, playing only 13 snaps.
Richardson did play 204 special teams snaps last season.
He has 57 tackles and three passes defensed in his career.
The Saints won’t have first-round pick Jordyn Tyson for at least the first four games of the regular season and they added an option to help fill in for him to their practice squad on Tuesday.
They signed former Browns wideout Cedric Tillman. Tillman was released as Cleveland set their initial 53-man roster over the weekend.
Tillman had 71 catches for 833 yards and five TDs over three seasons for the Browns.
In addition to having Tyson on injured reserve, the Saints left Mason Tipton on the physically unable to perform list to kick off the regular season. Chris Olave and Devaughn Vele are joined on the active roster by fourth-round pick Bryce Lane and sixth-round pick Barion Brown, so Tillman’s experience may be appealing as the Saints head into Week 1.
The Saints have announced their corresponding roster moves after adding two players off of waivers on Monday.
New Orleans has waived receiver Kevin Austin Jr. and tight end Treyton Welch.
Austin, 26, has appeared in 16 games for New Orleans over the last two seasons. In 2025, he caught 13 passes for 140 yards with a touchdown in eight contests with one start.
Welch, 25, appeared in three games with one start for New Orleans last season. He was on the field for 16 offensive snaps and 21 special teams snaps.
The Saints claimed offensive tackle Mason Murphy from the Bears and defensive tackle Colby Wooden from the Colts earlier on Monday.
The Saints went the waiver route to add players on both sides of the line of scrimmage on Monday.
They were assigned offensive tackle Mason Murphy and defensive tackle Colby Wooden off of the waiver wire.
Murphy signed with the Bears after going undrafted this year. Murphy started games at right tackle and center for Auburn last year and he also made 22 starts during four seasons at USC.
Wooden was a Packers fourth-round pick in 2023 and he started 16 games for Green Bay last year. He was traded to the Colts for linebacker Zaire Franklin in March, but failed to make it through cutdown day with the AFC South team.
