Sean

Canfield

The Saints had been going with just two quarterbacks on the active roster. It’s possible Canfield was promoted to prevent him from signing elsewhere. A seventh-round pick in 2010, he has yet to take a regular season snap.

Canfield appeared in all four 2011 preseason games, completing 35-of-51 passes (68.6 percent) for 331 yards, one touchdown, and two picks. He played yo-yo between the waiver wire and Saints practice squad all year. Victorian played college ball at Louisiana Tech. Parks is a special teams prospect.

The Saints have elected to go with only Chase Daniel behind Drew Brees. The No. 166 pick of last year’s draft, it bodes poorly for Wilson’s future that he couldn’t crack a linebacker corps that was beset by injuries this summer. Heading into his age-30 season, Camarillo made just nine catches in 13 games for the Vikings in 2011.

The Saints will likely try to sneak Canfield back onto the practice squad. They needed his active roster spot for tight end depth.

Canfield is a late-round prospect, so the Raiders are just doing their proper pre-draft due diligence. Judging by their recent track record, Oakland wouldn’t be a good landing spot for a developmental quarterback like Canfield.

Canfield also drew mixed reviews at best during last month’s Senior Bowl. According to the Boston Herald’s Ian Rapoport, Canfield “has a throwing motion that makes Tim Tebow’s look short” and “was all over the place with his mechanics and accuracy.” Canfield is a candidate to go undrafted.

And Jevan Snead remains available. Canfield, a southpaw, completed an impressive 67.9 percent of his passes and posted a 21:7 TD-to-INT ratio to earn first-team All-Pac 10 accolades as a senior. His arm strength is below average, but other Oregon State passers (Derek Anderson, Matt Moore) have come out of nowhere to become legit pros after learning under Mike Riley. Sean Payton now has the developmental QB he’s long wanted.

Chase Daniel remains on the roster and Mark Brunell is still out there as a free agent. Canfield is the first quarterback drafted during the Sean Payton era, but is a project.

He was on the 53-man roster for one game. The Saints are likely to sign the Oregon State product back to their practice squad.

Canfield is unlikely to be active on game day as the No. 3 QB behind Drew Brees and Chase Daniel. His roster stay will likely be short.