A reminder: Jake Haener once did a Zoolander-like photo shoot for the Saints

Jake Haener was a viral phenomenon over a year before he made his first NFL start for the New Orleans Saints.

He was drafted in 2023 in the fourth round of the NFL Draft out of Fresno State, and while he’s appeared in a few games, he’s starting in place of the injured Derek Carr on Sunday. But it was that post-draft photos shoot that had everyone swooning and thinking he was giving Blue Steel.

Here are the photos that everyone loved, which are still amazing, which you should look at once again now that he’s an NFL starter for the first time:

Jake Haener will always be remember for this https://t.co/FbJm0GHY8G pic.twitter.com/7b4ScbISgk

— WHOA NELLIE (@Wazzu_Coug) December 13, 2024