Alvin Kamara will play for the New Orleans Saints in 2026 on a reworked contract. Details of the restructured deal were not immediately available.

Agent Brad Cicala addressed the outcome directly.

"Alvin's goal, and the team's goal, was for him to remain with the Saints and retire a Saint," said Cicala.

Kamara had been set to earn up to $11.5 million in base salary this season before the Saints renegotiated his contract for cap purposes in early March. An additional $3 million of that salary became guaranteed last year.

New Orleans signed running back Travis Etienne Jr. from the Jacksonville Jaguars in March to a four-year deal worth more than $12 million annually over its first three seasons. The addition pushed the Saints' running back spending to $21 million in salary cap space across seven players, the highest total in the NFL before Kamara's revised deal.

Kamara addressed playing alongside Etienne during offseason workouts, drawing comparisons to previous running back tandems in New Orleans.

"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," said Kamara. "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 two talented dudes."