The Saints have been acquiring talent on the defensive line quietly since last year, adding Ryan Glasgow, Albert Huggins, Jalen Dalton, Josiah Bronson, and Lorenzo Neal, Jr.
Jalen Dalton was a player who got mentioned last year as to having a good camp before an injury sidelined him (per Nick Underhill) but I never really recalled hearing his name, but I did some digging and see this is a 6'6 300lb DT from NC and is 23yrs old.
We speak about guys like Roach and Tuttle getting an opportunity to contribute but what about this guy, he appears to be a good under the radar contributor to the Defensive Line rotation.
I wonder if there’s Ryan Nielsen connection here. Not only was he stellar as the D line Coach at NC St, HE was their top recruiter for D linemen! He put together a D line, led by Bradley Chubb, that were all drafted in 2018!
BTW, during that time, there was one player that Nielsen heavily recruited, but got away n went outta state.
His name was Shy Tuttle!
So with Dalton being from NC, I can’t help but wonder if at some point, Nielsen may have had him on his radar too!