 After the Week 6 game against the New York Giants, Fujita was placed on injured reserve with a potentital career-ending neck injury on October 24.He finished with 14 tackles and one sack in four games.On December 11, 2012, it was announced in the media that former commissioner Paul Tagliabue exonerated Fujita of all culpability and wrongdoing in the Saints pay-for-play scandal, vacating his suspension and clearing his record.