Saints star attempting NFL comeback with AFC West contender after year away

Billy Heyen

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It's been a long time since Willie Snead IV was starring as a young New Orleans Saints wide receiver.

He's trying to revitalize a little bit about those days.

Snead wasn't in the NFL in 2024, but this week, he's in minicamp with the Los Angeles Chargers.

According to The Athletic's Daniel Popper, Snead is there as a veteran tryout.

Snead was an undrafted free agent to the Saints out of Ball State before the 2015 season.

His two best seasons were his first two, going 69-984 and 72-895 to start his NFL career.

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Snead had one good year in Baltimore in 2018 with 62-651.

After a few more years with the Ravens, Snead also spent time with the Raiders, Panthers and 49ers.

In Snead's final three seasons in the NFL from 2021-23, he made a total of 10 catches.

Now, he's hoping to get a chance to catch passes from Justin Herbert.

It seems like a longshot for the 32-year old, but Snead overcame the odds just to shine in the NFL as an undrafted player.

Maybe he's got one more surprising chapter left in his story.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle