The Saints are set to meet with former Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
Arnold has already drawn interest from multiple teams. He visited the Texans last month, and Garafolo said the Seahawks also brought him in for a visit. His agent said four teams had reached out.
The on-field résumé is easy enough to explain. Arnold, 23, was named first-team All-American after his redshirt sophomore season at Alabama in 2023, and Detroit made him the No. 24 pick in the 2024 draft. In 2025, he played eight games for the Lions and finished with 31 tackles, an interception, and eight pass defenses.
But Arnold’s offseason has been defined by legal trouble. He had his first court appearance in late June after turning himself in on four charges each of kidnapping and armed robbery, a case in Florida that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. The state sought to keep him held without bail until trial, but he was ordered to post a $1 million bond.
According to the Florida state attorney’s office, Arnold was accused of “coordinating and directing” the robbery and beating of his personal driver and two of the driver’s associates by several co-defendants. That accusation came after Arnold said the driver had arranged the theft of more than $250,000 in cash and goods from an Airbnb in February, per Dave Birkett.
Detroit let Arnold go this offseason after his arrest. He had been entering the third year of his four-year, $14,343,710 contract, which included a $7,251,788 signing bonus.
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