Saints running back Ty Montgomery returns on a 1-year, minimum salary contract

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The New Orleans Saints saw enough of running back Ty Montgomery to bring him back on a one-year contract extension.

Mongtomery is returning on a veteran's benefit contract, which is similar to the one he signed last season with New Orleans. He will earn a $990,000 base salary plus a $137,000 signing bonus.

But Montgomery will count less than $1 million against the salary cap with the veteran's benefit contract — part of a provision in the last collective bargaining agreement that will have Montgomery's cap charge be that of a player with two accredited seasons.

Injuries limited Montgomery to just six games in 2020, and though he spent much of training camp with the running back position group, the Saints shifted him to wide receiver after a rash of injuries depleted their receiver corps.



But when Alvin Kamara tested positive for the coronavirus before Week 17, and the rest of the Saints running backs were forced to sit out because they were deemed close contacts, Montgomery stepped in on an emergency basis and had one of the best games of his career.

Having had just one carry prior to Week 17, Montgomery ripped off an 18-carry. 105-yard performance against the Carolina Panthers.

With Montgomery back in the fold, the Saints now have three running backs under contract for the 2021 season in Kamara, Montgomery and Latavius Murray.

Dwayne Washington and fullback Michael Burton are still unsigned with free agency set to begin March 17.