Saints News: Former Pitt WR Suffers Season-Ending Injury

PITTSBURGH — A former Pitt Panthers wide receiver had high hopes for his sophomore campaign in 2025, but had those dreams dashed due to a recent injury.

The New Orleans Saints placed wide receiver Bub Means on season-ending injured reserve, per the NFL transactions wire, knocking him out for the rest of 2025.

Means suffered an injury in the Saints first preseason game, a 27-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. He hurt his ankle and required a cart for him to take him off the field.

He also suffered an ankle injury vs. the Chargers at SoFi Stadium in Week 8 in 2024, which also kept him out the final 10 games of the season.

Means finished with nine catches for 118 yards and a touchdown as a rookie, with all of his production coming in the final three games he played in.

The Saints took Means with the 170th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Pitt, where he spent his final two seasons.

Means made 27 catches for 401 yards and two touchdowns in 13 games as a redshirt junior in 2022 and then made 41 catches for 721 yards and six touchdowns as a redshirt senior in 2023, leading Pitt in touchdowns and receiving yards.

He finished time at Pitt catching 68 passes for 1,122 yards and eight touchdowns, the second-highest yardage total of any Pitt pass-catcher over that span. While those numbers might not come as elite to many, he excelled in spite of some of the worst Pitt quarterback play in recent memory.