新奥尔良圣徒队与资深防守前锋兰斯·莱格利（Lance Legree）、安东·帕勒波（Anton Palepoi）以及身为自由球员的新秀线卫戴斯蒙德·西姆斯（Desmond Sims）签约，这三名球员都参加了上周末在训练基地举办的迷你营。

　　来自圣母大学的莱格利2001年以未参加选秀的自由球员身份加盟纽约巨人队，在五年的职业生涯中他总共参加了76场比赛，首发25场。这名身高6英尺1、体重300磅的防守截锋在效力于纽约巨人队和喷气机队期间，完成了90次拦截和7次擒杀。莱格利上赛季曾加盟旧金山49人队，但是没有参加任何比赛。

　　帕勒波在2002年第二轮选秀中以第60顺位被西雅图海鹰队挑中，参加过35场NFL比赛。这名防守截锋在职业生涯中总共完成了45次拦截、4次擒杀、5次传球防守和1次迫使丢球。除了海鹰队之外，帕勒波还曾效力于丹佛野马和亚利桑那红雀。去年夏天效力于红雀期间，他的肩部在训练营受伤，不得不退出了2006赛季的比赛。

　　西姆斯在效力于阿肯色大学期间曾经担任过线卫和防守端锋。

　　
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NEW ORLEANS （May 15， 2007） —— The New Orleans Saints signed veteran defensive linemen Lance Legree and Anton Palepoi， along with rookie free agent linebacker Desmond Sims.

All three players participated in a minicamp last weekend on a tryout basis.

Legree， a five-year veteran out of Notre Dame， has played in 76 games —— starting 25 —— since breaking into the league with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2001. The 6-foot-1， 300-pound defensive tackle has 90 career tackles and seven sacks while playing for the Giants and New York Jets.

Legree also was with the San Francisco 49ers last season， but did not see game action.

Palepoi was a second-round draft choice （60th overall） of the Seahawks in 2002 and has played in 35 NFL games. The fifth-year defensive end has 45 career tackles with four sacks， five passes defensed and a forced fumble. In addition to the Seahawks， he has played for Denver and Arizona. A shoulder injury suffered during training camp with the Cardinals last summer kept him sidelined for the 2006 season.

Sims split time between linebacker and defensive end during his career at Arkansas.