Running back Mark Ingram’s return to New Orleans could last beyond the end of this season.
Field Yates of ESPN reports that Ingram signed a one-year extension with the Texans before his trade to the Saints became official. The Saints sent a seventh-round pick to Houston for his services.
The deal is worth up to $2.8 million and he received a $250,000 signing bonus from the Texans. He will have a base salary of $1.5 million, a $300,000 roster bonus, $500,000 in per-game roster bonuses, and $500,000 in incentives.
In addition to locking him up for next year, the extension also drops his salary for this year to $1.075 million and erases his per-game roster bonuses for the rest of this year.