Kenny Vaccaro News

In a 4-2-5 defense, one of the most important positions is the nickel back. In 2013, Texas will once again have their best defensive back at the position.

It is ironic that two of the Saints 2013 NFL Draft picks, Kenny Vaccaro of Texas and Kenny Stills of Oklahoma, were fierce college rivals.

Returning starters: Offense: 10; defense: 9; kicker/punter: 1 Top players returning: QB David Ash, RB Johnathan Gray, WR Mike Davis, WR Jaxon Shipley, LT Donald Hawkins, RT Josh Cochran, G Mason Walters, DE Jackson Jeffcoat, LB Jordan Hicks, CB Quandre Diggs, CB Carrington Byndom.

Kenny Vaccaro, from Texas, stands with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, right, and Markell Gregoire, 13, a patient at St.

Last season, the Texas Longhorns suffered quite a bit on the defensive side of the football, as did most of the Big 12.

New Orleans Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro is measured by NFL scouts during his pro timing day at Texas in late March.

The Texas Longhorns return the most experienced quarterback in the Big Twelve and have 19 returning starters from last season.

Though Kenny Vaccaro's departure has left questions at safety, the Texas Longhorns' most crucial defensive position in 2013 will be at linebacker.

The New Orleans Saints' five draft picks can only hope that the elation they felt when they were drafted less than two weeks ago lasts through this weekend.

I have been sitting quietly off to the side, biting my lip, in the weeks since the 2013 draft while the football pundits issue their proclamations about how all the teams did.

When the New Orleans Saints selected Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro, it was definitely a big surprise.

It is no secret that the New Orleans Saints are very thin at the left-tackle spot with the departure of Jermon Bushrod .

When Oklahoma offensive tackle Lane Johnson, a former junior college quarterback, 5-foot-9 West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin and Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro were drafted in the first round of this year's NFL Draft, it marked the fewest Big 12 players selected in the first round in five years.

Saints free safety Malcolm Jenkins stood within an earshot of the Jazz and Heritage Festival's soulful entrance on Saturday afternoon, eager to experience his latest taste of Southern culture.

The first of a five-day series of stories on the 2013 New Orleans Saints draft class.

The New Orleans Saints have long been Mississippi's NFL team and not only because they are the closest in proximity.

Malcolm Jenkins said he embraced the Saints' first-round selection of Kenny Vaccaro - despite the threat to his job security at free safety - after recalling Mark Ingram's less-than-cordial welcome to the franchise by former teammate Reggie Bush.

The Texas Longhorns made a modest splash in the recent draft, as Kenny Vaccaro, Marquise Goodwin and Alex Okafor all landed within the top four rounds.

New Orleans Saints rookie Kenny Vaccaro was widely rated as the top safety in this yea'rs NFL draft class.

Almost a week later, the decisions the Cowboys made in the first round of the NFL Draft remains puzzling, even troubling, to those inside and outside the Cowboys organization.