Saints RB Kamara agrees to restructured contract to create cap space

Saints running back Alvin Kamara is the latest player on the roster to agree to a restructured contract.

Field Yates of ESPN reports that the team has converted $10.465 million of Kamara’s 2022 salary into a signing bonus, moving $8.372 million of a scheduled $11.5 million cap hit for 2022 over the following three seasons.

The Saints have converted $10.465M of RB Alvin Kamara’s 2022 compensation into a signing bonus, creating $8.372M in 2022 cap space, per source.

New Orleans continues to get closer to being under the cap.

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) March 11, 2022

Kamara faces a battery charge after an arrest in Las Vegas last month. His hearing in the case is scheduled for late next month.