The New Orleans Saints selected Iowa cornerback Tj Hall with the No. 219 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Hall, a Fresno, California native, heard his name called after four seasons with the Hawkeyes.
Hall closed his 2025 season with Iowa with 47 tackles, including 32 solo stops and 17 assists, and one interception. That production gave the Saints a late-round defensive back with a full college résumé and a clear recent track record on the field.
His path to New Orleans ran through four seasons in Iowa City, where he built the kind of profile teams often target in the later rounds. The Saints used their final selection on Hall, adding a player who showed both tackling production and ball skills in his last year for the Hawkeyes.
The pick gives Hall a chance to turn that steady college work into a roster fight in New Orleans, and it marks the next step for a Fresno product whose draft call came at No. 219.