New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced that the team has agreed to acquire tackle Asim Richards in a trade with the Dallas Cowboys. Here are five things to know about the Saints roster addition:

Asim Richards

#72 OL

Height: 6-4

Weight: 307 lbs

College: North Carolina

Richards joins the Saints after spending his first two seasons with the Dallas Cowboys where he was selected in the fifth round (169th overall) out of the University of North Carolina. He has appeared in 21 games in his NFL career, including one start, playing on both offense and special teams.

In 320 total snaps on offense and special teams, Richards has only had one penalty, an offensive holding penalty, called against him.

During his time with the Cowboys, he par

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