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Saints draft 2nd defensive player, select Utah's Marcus Williams

TEMPE, AZ - NOVEMBER 10: Defensive back Marcus Williams #20 of the Utah Utes celebrates after a interception against the Arizona State Sun Devils during the first half of the college football game at Sun Devil Stadium on Novemebr10, 2016 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

By PFF.com
• New Orleans Saints
  • The New Orleans Saints made Utah safety Marcus Williams the 10th pick in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft Friday.
  • Williams led all FBS safeties with a run-stop percentage of 11.8 percent in 2016.
  • He missed just one tackle against the run in 2016, and none when lined up within eight yards of the line of scrimmage at the snap.
  • He allowed just 0.09 yards per coverage snap, the lowest among all safeties in FBS.
  • Saints current starting safeties Vonn Bell (77.5) and Kenny Vaccaro (79.9) both graded among the top 50 safeties in football in 2016.

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