After the New Orleans Saints selected Cesar Ruiz 24th overall in the 2020 NFL draft, head coach Sean Payton said, “we weren’t drafting someone that high to be a backup.”
Ruiz, a native of Camden, New Jersey, played at Michigan where he would start on the offensive line as a guard and then at center.
He excelled in pass protection, play calling and didn’t commit a single holding penalty in his three years at the collegiate level.
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