Tyler Shough

Tyler Shough is the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints [1]. His team's Week 7 game ended in a 10-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Paris on Sunday 25 October [2]. Below is what the official sources show about him and the season around him.

Who he is

NFL.com lists Shough at 6 feet 5 inches and 219 pounds, wearing number 6 [1]. He played college football at Louisville, and his listed hometown is Chandler, Arizona [1]. Before Louisville he had played at Oregon and at Texas Tech, according to NFL.com's draft article [6]. That profile gives a hometown, not a birthplace. It gives no birth date, so this page states neither.

The Saints took him in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft, with the 40th overall pick [6]. He was the third quarterback drafted that year [6], and the first one taken on the second day. Shough said the call brought "just kind of a big relief off the chest when I finally got the call" [6]. Kellen Moore, quoted in the same article, said: "I think he's got a mind and an arm, and with that combination he plays at a really high level" [6]. The Saints' April 2026 offseason article calls him a second-year quarterback [3]. Earlier that spring he went to Paris with tackle Taliese Fuaga, on Friday 27 March 2026 [3]. The team's photo gallery from the trip says the pair visited a local school, spoke with French media at a kickoff press conference and took a boat tour [5].

His passing line as a starter

In the nine starts the offseason article counts, the Saints went 5-4 with Shough at quarterback [3]. He completed 221 of 327 passes for 2,384 yards, with 10 touchdowns and six interceptions in those games [3].

The offseason and his rookie year

The Saints' article, dated 29 April 2026, says the voluntary workout program began on 20 April, with OTAs scheduled to start on 27 May [3]. Shough told the club, "I've been in here every morning," describing his time at the practice facility [3].

At Super Bowl LX in San Francisco he attended NFL Honors and was named Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Year [3]. On his development he said: "I only played half a year and I feel like I have so much room to get better" [3].

The 2026 season so far

The Saints opened at Detroit and lost 30-31 in overtime [2]. A week later they beat Baltimore 24-17 [2]. Losses to Las Vegas, 27-35, and to Atlanta, 24-45 on Monday 5 October, came next [2].

In Week 5 they fell 13-23 to Minnesota [2]. In Week 6 they won 34-27 at the New York Giants [2]. The Paris game came in Week 7, and the team has a Week 8 bye before it returns home to face Cleveland on 8 November [2]. After Cleveland, the schedule lists a home game against Carolina on 15 November [2].

NFL.com's profile links to video of his Week 3 game against Las Vegas, which is described as a 255-yard, four-touchdown game, and of the Week 6 win over the Giants, in which he threw three touchdown passes and ran for another [1].

Paris and the hand injury

The Saints' official recap of the Paris game says Shough's only touchdown pass was a one-yard pass to Devaughn Vele, who finished with five catches for 54 yards [7].

On 18 October, TSN reported, citing sources who spoke to ESPN, that Shough had been playing with two broken bones in his left hand [4]. According to the same report, that is his non-throwing hand, and he was hurt on 5 October in the loss to Atlanta [4]. The Saints had not publicly confirmed the diagnosis [4]. The report adds that he had to tape the ring and pinky fingers of that hand together [4].

The sources used for this page give no later update, so it does not describe his recovery.