The Patriots signed ex-Saints wide receiver Kawaan Baker to a futures contract Tuesday, the team announced.

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Baker, 25, entered the NFL as a Saints seventh-round pick in 2021 out of South Alabama. He appeared in two games as a rookie, but did not record any catches. The 6-foot-1, 210-pounder instead saw action on special teams and finished with one tackle.

Baker remained with New Orleans for the 2022 season until the team released him in October after he’d served a six-game suspension for violating the NFL’s performance enhancing drugs policy. Baker then had a brief stint on Green Bay’s practice squad, before returning to the Saints later that season. He participated in New Orleans’ training camp last summer before again getting cut.