Alvin Kamara agrees to reworked deal to stay with Saints - ESPN

NEW ORLEANS — Running back Alvin Kamara will play for the Saints in 2026 on a reworked contract, his agent confirmed to NFL Network on Wednesday.

«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's Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo.

Details of Kamara's restructured contract weren't immediately known.

Kamara was set to make up to $11.5 million in base salary this season, although the Saints renegotiated his contract for salary cap purposes in early March. In addition, $3 million of that salary became guaranteed last year.

In March, the Saints signed former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. to a four-year deal worth more than $12 million per year in the first three years of the deal. Etienne's and Kamara's contracts made the running back position expensive in both cash value and cap space for the Saints, with $21 million in cap space devoted to the team's seven running backs — the most in the NFL before Kamara's revised deal.

Kamara's future was a point of speculation before Etienne's signing and questions about whether the Saints would pay both running backs increased after the new addition. Kamara said during OTAs that he was excited to team up with Etienne after having success playing with Mark Ingram and Latavius Murray earlier in his career.

«We've done it here before. I mean, you saw Mark and I, and then you saw Latavius and I, and I think just having two talented backs, it benefits each back,» Kamara said. «I don't think you have an issue with defenses focusing on one or the other. It's like you got to try to prepare for both. I mean, it puts them in a dilemma right there… I think we'll complement each other well. It's