Saints star, 25, admits to contemplating NFL future after concussions last season

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave had a tremendous crippled against the New York Jets connected Sunday, catching 2 touchdowns successful the team’s 29-6 victory.

It wasn’t excessively agelong agone that Olave was contemplating status aft suffering his 3rd and 4th concussions of his shot vocation successful 2024. He admitted aft the triumph implicit the Jets that helium thought astir calling it quits owed to the injuries.

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New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave pulls successful a walk for a touchdown during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

"It was a pugnacious clip past year," helium told reporters, via ESPN. "I was lone 24 years old, contemplating retirement, particularly with the caput injuries, but I prayed astir it. My fam, my adjacent fam was astir me. They stuck by my broadside and I conscionable gave it different try, different chance. And it’s been a large year."

Olave said helium talked done his options with his household and friends, and they helped person him to instrumentality with it.

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave celebrates portion handing the shot to a instrumentality aft scoring a touchdown during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, successful New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ella Hall)

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Despite the Saints’ backmost concern not being arsenic coagulated arsenic different franchises successful the NFL, Olave has inactive enactment up terrific numbers done 15 games. He has 92 catches connected 145 targets for 1,044 yards and 8 touchdowns.

Olave’s receptions and touchdown totals are vocation highs.

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He volition participate the last twelvemonth of his rookie declaration successful 2026. He said helium wants to enactment with New Orleans. He has 283 receptions for 3,609 yards and 18 touchdowns successful 4 seasons with the Saints.

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