Running back Alvin Kamara will stay with the New Orleans Saints after restructuring his contract for this season, his agent told NFL Network on Wednesday.
Financial terms were not disclosed for Kamara, who was to make up to $11.5 million in base salary in 2026. The Saints had renegotiated his deal in March for salary cap reasons. Kamara had $3 million of that figure guaranteed in 2025.
“Alvin’s goal, and the team’s goal, was for him to remain with the Saints and retire a Saint,” agent Brad Cicala told NFL Network.
The news was first reported on Wednesday by NewOrleans.Football on the podcast “The Set with Terron Armstead,” hosted by the former Saints offensive tackle.
Kamara played in only 11 games (all starts) last season because of knee and ankle injuries and had 131 carries for career lows of 471 yards and one touchdown. He also caught 33 passes on 39 targets for 186 yards and no touchdowns — all career lows.
The Saints had bolstered the running back room in March with the signing of former Jacksonville Jaguar Travis Etienne to a four-year contract worth more than $12 million annually in the first three years. That led to speculation that Kamara, who turns 31 on July 25, might be on his way out of New Orleans. He was entering the final year of a two-year, $24.5 million deal before it was revised.
ESPN reported that the Saints were spending a league-high $21 million in cap space to seven running backs on the roster before Kamara’s reworked contract terms.
Kamara has spent his entire career with the Saints since New Orleans selected him in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft out of the University of Tennessee.
For his career, Kamara has 1,674 carries for 7,250 yards and 61 TDs as well as 606 receptions for 4,948 yards and 25 TDs in 126 regular-season games (95 starts).
He also has 93 rushing attempts for 357 yards and three TDS as well as 33 receptions for 274 yards and one score in seven playoff games (four starts).
He was selected to the Pro Bowl in his first five seasons and named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2017.
