The New Orleans Saints selected LSU WR Barion Brown in Round 6 of the 2026 NFL Draft. Brown’s best work came as a freshman at Kentucky in 2022. He led that Wildcats team with 79 targets, 50 catches, and 628 receiving yards. Brown’s 2.20 yards per route was also best among the team’s top 8 targets. But he failed to progress the next two seasons. Brown finished third on the team in receiving yards in 2023 (539) and second in 2024 (361). His yards per route: 1.80 and 1.89. Brown transferred this past year to LSU, where he led the team with 53 catches and 532 yards. But he scored just once and ranked 45th among 49 WRs invited to the Combine with a 12.7% dominator rating (share of team’s receiving yards + TDs). Brown also posted a career-worst 1.77 yards per route. Drops were a problem throughout his college career (10.7% drop rate). And he’s undersized at 5’10, 177 pounds. On the plus side, Brown ran for 228 yards and two scores over the last four seasons and was an elite returner. He set Kentucky records for kickoff return average in a season (36.0 yards) and career (30.3). Brown ran a 4.40-second 40-yard dash at the Combine and recorded the fastest speed among all WRs at the Senior Bowl.