Former Heisman Trophy winner says Saints got a ‘real one’ with drafting Kool-Aid McKinstry

The New Orleans Saints selected a player in the second round on Friday that will have a chip on his shoulder.

Ga’Quincy “Kool-Aid” McKinstry, a University of Alabama alumnus, was projected by most as a first round NFL Draft pick.

The former Crimson Tide cornerback fell to No. 41 overall in the second round. He has a point to prove in New Orleans in showing everyone, including the Saints, who passed on him in the first round that they were wrong. McKinstry joins former Alabama standouts Brian Branch, Xavier McKinney, Trevon Diggs, and Landon Collins as a first-round talent that dropped.

Branch, McKinney, Diggs are excelling in the National Football League. Collins is a free agent, but he has played eight years between the New York Giants (2015-18), Washington Redskins/Football Team (2019-21), and Giants again in 2022.

Robert Griffin III, a former Heisman Trophy winner at Baylor University, says the Saints got a ‘real one’ in McKinstry.

Griffin, the No. 2 overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft, played eight seasons in the league with the Washington Redskins (2012-15), Cleveland Browns (2016), and Baltimore Ravens (2018-20) before injuries forced him to retire. Now an ESPN analyst and podcast show host of “RG3 and The Ones,” Griffin unveiled on X why New Orleans should be excited about McKinstry.