Saints hold No. 27 pick in first round of 2018 NFL Draft

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Their season complete, the New Orleans Saints now know their position for this spring’s NFL Draft.

The Saints have the 27th overall selection in the first round of the draft, scheduled for April 26-28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The four losing teams in the divisional round select from Nos. 25-28, with the order determined by regular-season record. Picks 29 through 32 will be finalized based on results of the conference championship games and Super Bowl LII.

The order for the first round of the NFL Draft currently stands as follows:

1. Cleveland Browns 0-16
2. New York Gaints 3-13
3. Indianapolis Colts 4-12 .480
4. Cleveland Browns (via Houston Texans) 4-12 .516
5. Denver Broncos 5-11 .492
6. New York Jets 5-11 .520
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-11 .555
8. Chicago Bears 5-11 .559
*9-10. San Francisco 49ers 6-10 .512
*9-10. Oakland Raiders 6-10 .512
11. Miami Dolphins 6-10 .543
12. Cincinnati Bengals 7-9 .465
13. Washington Redskins 7-9 .539#
14. Green Bay Packers 7-9 .539#
15. Arizona Cardinals 8-8
16. Baltimore Ravens 9-7 .441
17. Los Angeles Chargers 9-7 .457
18. Seattle Seahawks 9-7 .492
19. Dallas Cowboys 9-7 .496#
20. Detroit Lions 9-7 .496#
21. Buffalo Bills 9-7
22. Buffalo Bills (via Kansas City Chiefs) 10-6
23. Los Angeles Rams 11-5 .504
24. Carolina Panthers 11-5 .539
25. Tennessee Titans 9-7
26. Atlanta Falcons 10-6
27. New Orleans Saints 11-5
28. Pittsburgh Steelers 13-3
**TBD Jacksonville Jaguars 10-6
**TBD Philadelphia Eagles 13-3 .461
**TBD New England Patriots 13-3 .484
**TBD Minnesota Vikings 13-3 .492
*9-10 determined by coin flip
**29-32 determined by playoff results
#tie broken by conference tie-breakers
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Lenny was involved in college athletics starting in the early 1980s, when he began working Tulane University sporting events while still attending Archbishop Rummel High School. He continued that relationship as a student at Loyola University, where he graduated in 1987. For the next 11 years, Vangilder worked in the sports information offices at Southwestern Louisiana (now UL-Lafayette) and Tulane;…

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