## Running back Alvin Kamara has a new deal with the Saints for 2026, agent says
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41), second right, watches practice with quarterback Hunter Dekkers (18), second left, during the NFL football team's practice in Metairie, La., Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
1 of 2 | New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41), second right, watches practice with quarterback Hunter Dekkers (18), second left, during the NFL football team’s practice in Metairie, La., Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) runs during the NFL football team's practice in Metairie, La., Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
2 of 2 | New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) runs during the NFL football team’s practice in Metairie, La., Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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Running back Alvin Kamara has a new deal with the Saints for 2026, agent says
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41), second right, watches practice with quarterback Hunter Dekkers (18), second left, during the NFL football team's practice in Metairie, La., Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
1 of 2 | New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41), second right, watches practice with quarterback Hunter Dekkers (18), second left, during the NFL football team’s practice in Metairie, La., Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41), second right, watches practice with quarterback Hunter Dekkers (18), second left, during the NFL football team’s practice in Metairie, La., Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara (41) runs during the NFL football team's practice in Metairie, La., Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara agreed on Wednesday to restructure his contract for the coming season.
“His goal is to remain with the Saints,” Kamara’s agent, Bradley Cicala, told The Associated Press after confirming the agreement.
Kamara’s future with New Orleans became cloudy in March, when New Orleans signed free-agent running back Travis Etienne to a four-year $52 million contract. Kamara, who’ll be 31 this season, was entering the final season of a two-year, $24.5 million extension he’d signed before the 2024 season.
Cicala and Saints general manager Mickey Loomis did not disclose specific financial terms of the new agreement. But Loomis had foreshadowed some sort of pay cut when he stated in May that there was a “resource management element” to Kamara fitting in on this season’s roster.
While the new deal is expected to reduce the burden of Kamara’s contract under the 2026 salary cap, it does not preclude the Saints from trading him.
Struggling through a knee injury last season, Kamara posted career lows in games played (11), yards and touchdowns rushing (471 and one), and yards and touchdowns receiving (186 and zero).
That was a far cry from the start of Kamara’s career in 2017, when he was named the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year in what was the first of four straight playoff campaigns for the Saints under coach Sean Payton and Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees.
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