As New Orleans prepares to face their division rival, the 14-season veteran is embracing his new, reduced role on defense.
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After the trade up for UTSA defensive end Marcus Davenport in 2018 draft, the New Orleans Saints will start three first-rounders on their defensive line this year. The open slot on their depth chart, nose tackle, includes a high-end sleeper: David Onyemata.
Onyemata was drafted in the fourth round in 2016 out of Canada’s University of Manitoba. Despite playing just 57 percent of New Orleans’ defensive snaps last year, virtually equal to Tyeler Davison (56 percent) and well behind Sheldon Rankins (77 percent), Onyemata led the Saints’ defensive interior with 12 tackles at or behind the line in 2017.
If Onyemata can earn a full-time starting role on New Orleans’ new and improved line, with players like Davison and Alex Okafor coming off the bench, the unit could be one of the best in the league. Currently, he’s a low-rep, high-efficiency player. If he can prove to replicate the same production as a high-rep player, he won’t be an unknown going into 2019.
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