The New Orleans Saints announced Wednesday, March 13 that they have agreed to terms with kicker Wil Lutz on a five-year contract. The announcement was made by Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis. Lutz signed the contract Wednesday at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center.

Lutz, 5-11, 184, comes off a standout 2018 season where he played in all 16 regular season games and drilled 28-of-30 field goal attempts (93.3 percent) and 52-of-53 extra point attempts for 136 points. His field-goal percentage ranked fifth in the NFL and his extra point total second. During the season Lutz connected on a club-record 26 consecutive field goal attempts. When he didn't have an attempt in the regular season finale, he had a streak snapped of 36 consecutive games with a field goal, which ends as the second-longest streak in NFL history. The streak ran from 2016-18. Lutz also had a career-high 64 touchbacks on kickoffs, third in the NFL. In the postseason, he drilled five of six-field goal attempts (83.3 percent) and four-of-four extra point attempts for 19 total points, also nailing 9-of-11 kickoffs for touchbacks.