2022 – Played in 15 games with 13 starts and led the Saints in rushing for the fifth consecutive season, carrying 223 times for 897 yards (4.0 avg.). This made Kamara the only Saint to have five consecutive seasons leading the team in rushing, surpassing RBs Mark Ingram (2014-17) and George Rogers (1981-84). Kamara and Ingram (2012, 2014-17) are also the only two Saints to lead the club in rushing five times overall. Added in 57 receptions for 490 yards for 1,387 total yards from scrimmage, this was Kamara's sixth straight year with at least 1,300 yards from scrimmage, becoming the first player to accomplish this feat since Julio Jones (2014-19). With Kamara's eighth career 100-yard rushing game, he surpassed RB Chuck Muncie for the sixth most 100-yard rushing games in franchise history. Led the team in rushing and total yards from scrimmage for the second consecutive season, as he carried 223 times for 897 yards with two touchdowns and caught 57 receptions for 490 yards with two TDs…In opener at Atlanta, Sept. 11, started and ran nine times for 39 yards and caught three passes for seven yards…Vs. Tampa Bay, Sept. 18, inactive (ribs)…At Carolina, Sept. 25, started and carried 15 times for 61 yards and caught two passes for 12 yards… vs. Minnesota (London), Oct. 2, inactive (ribs)…Vs. Seattle, Oct. 9, returned and started and carried 23 times for 103 yards and caught six passes for 91 yards (15.2 avg.)…Vs. Cincinnati, Oct. 16, started and recorded 19 carries for 99 yards (5.2 avg.) and added six receptions for 25 yards. Moved into third place in club's career yards from scrimmage list and fifth in receptions…At Arizona, Oct. 20, started and carried 11 times for 49 yards and caught seven passes for 56 yards (8.0 avg.)…Vs. Las Vegas, Oct. 30, recorded nine receptions, 158 scrimmage yards (96 receiving, 62 rushing), as he led team in both rushing and receiving and all three of the game's touchdowns (two receiving to tie career-high, one rushing). Has ten career games with both a rushing and receiving touchdown as he and Christian McCaffrey are the only two players with 10 such games in their first six career seasons in NFL history. Kamara and McCaffrey are the fifth and sixth players all-time with both a rushing and receiving touchdown in 10 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Marshall Faulk (15 games), Lenny Moore (12) and Jim Brown (11) as well as Brian Westbrook (12). He and McCaffrey joined Roger Craig (434 receptions) as the only running backs with at least 400 receptions in their first six seasons, as he became the fifth Saint with 400 career catches…Vs. Baltimore, Nov. 7, started and carried nine times for 30 yards and caught three passes for 32 yards as he surpassed Ingram for scrimmage yards in fourth quarter, moving into second place in team records (8,263)…At Pittsburgh, Nov. 13, started. With a 13-yard rush, surpassed Deuce McAllister to move into second place in club records in all-purpose yards. Carried eight times for 26 and caught three passes for 19 yards…Vs. L.A. Rams, Nov. 20, started and carried 12 times for 42 yards and caught four passes for 47 yards. Joined Marques Colston as only second Saint with 9,000 all-purpose yards…At Tampa Bay, Dec. 5, started and carried 12 times for 26 yards and also had two receptions for 11 yards…Vs. Atlanta, Dec. 18, started and carried 21 times for 91 yards and had two receptions for 13 yards…At Cleveland, Dec. 24, led team in rushing with 20 carries for 76 yards, including one touchdown to move into a tie with Colston for first in club record books in total touchdowns (72) and to move into a tie for first with McAllister for second in club record books in rushing touchdowns (49), also catching two passes for 34 yards, including a 29-yard grab to lead team with 126 yards from scrimmage…At Philadelphia, 1/1/23, started and carried 16 times for a game-high 73 yards (4.6 avg.) and caught one pass for a seven-yard gain…Vs. Carolina, 1/8/23, started and carried 23 times for 107 yards and caught one pass for a three-yard gain. 2021 – Played in 13 games with ten starts and led team in both rushing and receiving for the second consecutive season as he carried a career-high 284 times for 898 yards with four touchdowns and caught a club-best 47 receptions for 439 yards (9.3 avg.) with five touchdowns, leading team with nine total scores…Vs. Green Bay (played in Jacksonville, Fla. due to Hurricane Ida), Sept. 12, started and finished with 83 yards on 20 rushes. Added eight yards on three grabs, with a TD, surpassing Pierre Thomas for the seventh-most receptions in club records and most catches all-time for a Saints running back…Started and rushed for five yards on eight attempts and recorded four receptions for 25 yards, at Carolina, Sept. 19...At New England, Sept. 26, started and rushed 24 times for 89 yards and caught three passes for 29 yards with a TD, totaling 118 scrimmage yards…Started and had 26 attempts for 120 yards, vs. N.Y. Giants, Oct. 3. This was Kamara's second 100-yard game against the Giants (9/30/18 at MetLife Stadium)…At Washington, Oct. 10, started, led team in rushing and totaled over 100 yards from scrimmage, carrying 16 times for 71 yards and a score, his first rushing TD on the season and caught five passes for 51 yards with a TD…Started and rushed 20 times for 51 yards and caught 10 passes for 128 yards and a touchdown, totaling 179 total scrimmage yards on the contest, at Seattle, Oct. 25. Kamara set first half career highs with eight receptions for 109 receiving yards and a touchdown, becoming the first running back with at least eight receptions and 100 receiving yards in the first half of a game since Brian Westbrook in Week 13 of 2004 against Green Bay. With his ten total catches, Kamara's career reception total was second-highest by an NFL player in his first five years, passing Ladainian Tomlinson for second all-time. With 351 career receptions, Kamara surpassed Lance Moore for sixth in receptions in franchise history. Kamara's 51 rush yards moved him into the top five rushing leaders in Saints history with 3,759 yards, surpassing Thomas…Vs. Tampa Bay, Oct. 31, started and rushed 19 times for 61 yards with a TD. Added three receptions for 15 yards…Saw time on offense and rushed 13 times for 50 yards with a score and caught four passes for 54 yards, totaling 104 yards from scrimmage, vs. Atlanta, Nov. 7…Inactive for the next four contests (knee)…At N.Y. Jets, Dec. 12, returned to action and rushed 27 times for 120 yards with a score and caught four passes for 25 yards. Kamara's previous game at MetLife Stadium with over 100 rushing yards was against the Giants (134 yards rushing, Sept. 30, 2018). Kamara's second quarter touchdown run was his 67th and tied him for the second-most TDs in a player's first 70 games since the 1970 merger behind Tomlinson's 68 in 67 career games. With Kamara's four receptions, he moved into first all-time in NFL history for the most receptions by a running back in his first five seasons with 362, passing Craig's 358 catches…Started and carried 11 times for 18 yards and caught two passes for 13 yards, at Tampa Bay, Dec. 19...Vs. Miami, Dec. 27, started and carried 13 times for 52 yards and two receptions for seven yards…Started and finished with 13 carries for 32 yards and caught five passes for 68 yards with a touchdown, totaling 100 scrimmage yards, vs. Carolina, 1/2/22…At Atlanta, 1/9/22, finished with a career-high 30 rushes for 146 yards and caught two passes for 16 yards. Kamara finished the season with 4,238 career rushing yards, surpassing Dalton Hilliard (1986-93) for fourth place in club record books. It was Kamara's sixth career game with at least 100 rushing yards and his career-best third of 2021. Kamara now has 603 career rushing yards against Atlanta, his most against any opponent. 2020 – Played in 15 regular season games with ten starts and became the second Saint to lead the team in both rushing and receiving as he carried 187 times for a career-high 932 yards (5.0 avg.) with a franchise-record 16 touchdowns, caught a team-best and career-high 83 receptions, which led NFL running backs, for 756 yards (9.1 avg.) with five touchdowns, leading the NFL with a franchise-record 21 touchdowns. Became only running back in NFL records with at least 80 receptions in each of his first four seasons. Also ranked second in the league with 93 first downs and third with a career-best 1,688 total yards from scrimmage. In two postseason contests, carried 41 times for 184 yards with one touchdown and also caught five passes for 37 yards…In the NFC Divisional Playoff vs. Tampa Bay, 1/17/21, started and carried 18 times for 85 yards and caught three passes for 20 yards…In the NFC Wild Card Playoff vs. Chicago, 1/10/21, carried 23 times for 99 yards with one touchdown and caught two passes for 17 yards for a career-playoff best 116 total yards from scrimmage…Vs. Minnesota, in the Saints' Christmas 52-33 win, Kamara tied the NFL record for both total touchdowns and rushing touchdowns, as he carried 22 times for a career-high 155 yards (7.0 avg.) with six scores, adding three receptions for 17 yards for 172 total yards from scrimmage. The rushing touchdowns tied the record set by Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals on Nov. 28, 1929. For total touchdowns, he joined Nevers, the Browns' Dub Jones (Nov. 25, 1951) and the Bears' Gale Sayers (Dec. 12, 1965), which catapulted him into being the NFL's rushing touchdown champion (21), joining Hilliard (1989) as only the second Saint to ever lead the league…Reached the end zone twice (one rushing and one receiving) on 67 yards from scrimmage in season-opening win start vs. Tampa Bay, Sept. 13…Started and carried 13 times for 79 yards (6.1 avg.) with two touchdowns and caught nine passes for 95 yards for 184 total yards from scrimmage at Las Vegas, Sept. 21…Had a career-long 52-yard receiving touchdown on 13 grabs for a career-high 139 yards (10.7 avg.) to go with six carries for 58 yards (9.7 avg.) for a career-high 197 total yards from scrimmage vs. Green Bay, Sept. 27…Started and carried 19 times for 83 yards with one TD to tie the franchise record for scoring in six consecutive regular season games dating back to 2019, at Detroit, Oct. 4…Started and carried 11 times for 45 yards, caught eight passes for 74 yards and returned a kickoff 31 yards in overtime in come-from-behind victory vs. L.A. Chargers, Oct. 12…Started and carried 14 times for 83 yards and caught eight passes for 65 yards vs. Carolina, Oct. 25…Carried 12 times for 67 yards (5.6 avg.) and caught nine passes for 96 yards in overtime win at Chicago, Nov. 1…Started and carried nine times for 40 yards with one touchdown in 38-3 blowout victory at Tampa Bay, Nov. 8. 2019 – Played in 14 games with nine starts and led the Saints in rushing with 171 carries for 797 yards (4.7 avg.) with five touchdowns and finished second on the team in receiving with 81 grabs for 533 yards and one touchdown. With 1,330 total yards from scrimmage, Kamara became the first Saint to have at least 1,300 total yards from scrimmage in his first three seasons and joined Deuce McAllister (2002-04) as only the second Saint to reach the milestone in three straight campaigns. In the NFC Wild Card Playoff vs. Minnesota, 1/5/20, Kamara added seven carries for 21 yards and one touchdown and eight receptions for 34 yards…In regular season opener vs. Houston, Sept. 9, started and finished the night with 169 total yards from scrimmage, leading the team with 97 yards on 13 carries and 72 yards on seven receptions…At L.A. Rams, Sept. 15, started and rushed for a team-high 45 yards on 13 carries and caught a pass for a 15-yard gain…At Seattle, Sept. 22, started and rushed for 69 yards on 16 carries. Also finished the game with nine catches for 92 yards and a touchdown. Finished with 161 total yards from scrimmage…Vs. Dallas, Sept. 29, started and carried 17 times for 69 yards (4.1 avg.) and added three receptions for 20 yards…Vs. Tampa Bay, Oct. 6, started and led team in rushing with 62 yards on 16 carries. Also caught six passes for 42 yards and completed a pass for a 13-yard gain…At Jacksonville, Oct. 13, started and rushed for 31 yards and recorded seven catches for 35 yards…Missed next two games with knee/ankle injury…Vs. Atlanta, Nov. 10, finished with four carries for 24 yards and added eight receptions for 50 yards. Became the 14th Saint to surpass 2,000 rushing yards for his career…At Tampa Bay, Nov. 12, led the team in rushing with 13 carries for 75 yards (5.8 avg.) to go along with ten catches for 47 yards. Also returned three punts for 32 yards…Vs. Carolina, Nov. 24, finished the game with 54 yards rushing on 11 carries and nine receptions for 48 yards…On Thanksgiving night at Atlanta, Nov. 28, started and finished with a team-high 61 rushing yards on 11 carries, caught four passes for 23 yards…Vs. San Francisco, Dec. 8, started and finished with four receptions for 18 yards. Rushed for 25 yards…Vs. Indianapolis, Dec. 16, started and rushed for 66 yards on 14 carries (4.7 avg.) to go along with five receptions for 23 receiving yards. Kamara became just the fourth NFL running back to amass 2,000 yards rushing and 2,000 yards receiving in their first three seasons, joining Christian McCaffrey, Roger Craig and Herschel Walker…At Tennessee, Dec. 22, started and carried 11 times for a team-high 80 yards (7.3 avg.) and two touchdowns. He also added 30 receiving yards on six catches. He became the third player with at least 500 receiving yards and 500 rushing yards in each of his first three seasons, joining Abner Haynes (1960-62) and Walker (1986-88)…At Carolina, Dec. 29, carried eight times for 39 yards (4.9 avg.) with two touchdowns and caught two passes for 18 yards (9.0 avg.). 2018 – Played in the first 15 games of the season with 13 starts and led the Saints in rushing with 194 carries for 883 yards (4.6 avg.) with 14 touchdowns and finished second on the team in receiving with 81 grabs for 709 yards and four TDs. 18 total touchdowns ranked second in the National Football League. His 14 rushing touchdowns were a club-best all-time at the time and ranked second in the league. His 1,592 total yards from scrimmage ranked seventh in the NFL. Added 126 kickoff return yards and 82 punt return yards, finished sixth in league with 1,800 all-purpose yards. In the postseason Kamara added 24 carries for 86 yards and 15 receptions for 131 yards. Returning six kickoffs for 164 yards (27.3 avg.), Kamara's 381 all-purpose yards were the highest NFL postseason total…In regular season opener vs. Tampa Bay, Sept. 9, started and rushed for 29 yards on eight carries, with two TDs and a two-point conversion run. In addition, caught nine passes for a career-high 112 yards and a TD, setting a new career-high in total TDs (three) and points (20)…Vs. Cleveland, Sept. 16, started and played on special teams. Rushed for team-high 46 yards and a successful two-point conversion run. In addition, caught six passes for 53 yards for 100 total yards from scrimmage…At Atlanta, Sept. 23, started and rushed for 66 yards on 16 carries. Also finished the game with 15 catches for 124 yards (both career-highs). Finished with 190 total yards from scrimmage. Returned three punts for 16 yards to total 206 all-purpose yards. Receptions total was tied for second all-time for a running back and the most since Atlanta's William Andrews in 1981…At N.Y. Giants, Sept. 30, started and carried 19 times for 134 yards (7.1 avg.) with three TDs and added five receptions for 47 yards (9.4 avg.) for 181 yards from scrimmage, the second straight week he exceeded 180…At Baltimore, Oct. 21, Started and led team in rushing with 64 yards on 17 carries and a TD and caught two passes for 11 yards…At Minnesota, Oct. 28, started and rushed for 45 yards and one TD, recorded seven catches for 31 yards and one TD and returned one punt for 15 yards…Vs. L.A. Rams, Nov. 11, started and finished with 19 carries for 82 yards and four receptions for 34 yards., his third three-TD performance of 2019, finishing with two rushing TDs and a receiving TD. Scored tenth touchdown of the season on an eight-yard first quarter run, and joined tight end Jimmy Graham (2013-14), running back Mark Ingram II (2016-17) and wide receiver Joe Horn (2003-04) as only the third Saint with back-to-back seasons of double-digit TDs. Kamara was the only Saint to do so his first two seasons…At Cincinnati, Nov. 11, started and finished with 12 carries for 56 yards and two TDs to go along with four catches for 46 yards. Also returned a punt for two yards…Vs. Philadelphia, Nov. 18, started and finished with 71 yards rushing on 13 carries and a 37-yard TD catch. Kamara, who had 826 receiving yards and 728 rushing yards as a rookie, became the fourth player in NFL history with both 500 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards in each of his first two seasons, joining Edgerrin James, Walker and Haynes…Vs. Atlanta, Nov. 22, started and finished with a team-high 89 rushing yards on 14 carries, caught a nine-yard pass, and returned a punt seven yards…At Dallas, Nov. 29, started and finished with a team-high eight receptions tallying 36 yards. Rushed for 36 yards, surpassing his rookie total of 726 rushing yards. Returned three punts for 17 yards, including a career-long 16-yard return…At Tampa Bay, Dec. 9, started and rushed for 51 yards on 12 carries to go along with five receptions for 36 receiving yards. Also returned three kickoffs for 76 yards…At Carolina, Dec. 17, started and carried 14 times for 67 yards and one touchdown. Added 36 receiving yards on seven catches…Vs. Pittsburgh, Dec. 23, carried seven times for 23 yards with two touchdowns and caught four passes for 82 yards (20.5 avg). With 14 rushing touchdowns in 2018, set what was the Saints single-season record previously held by McAllister (2002), RB George Rogers (1981) and Hilliard (1989). Also set what was a career-high with 18 touchdowns, tying what was the club record with Hilliard (1989). With 82 receiving yards, Kamara joined Walker as only the second player in NFL history to have 1,500 rushing yards and 1,500 receiving yards in his first two seasons…Vs. Carolina, Dec. 30, inactive…Vs. Philadelphia, 1/13/19, started in the NFC Divisional playoff and led the Saints in rushing, finishing with 16 carries for 71 yards, including a 12-yard rush for a first down with 1:03 remaining to seal the victory. Also recorded four receptions for 35 yards…In the NFC Championship vs. L.A. Rams, 1/20/19, finished with eight carries for 15 yards, a postseason career-high 11 receptions for a playoff career-best 96 yards and returned postseason career-high four kickoffs for playoff career-high 119 yards, including a postseason career-long 34-yard return. 230 all-purpose yards was a postseason career-best. 2017 – Played in all 16 games and started three. He totaled 120 rushes for 728 yards (NFL-best 6.1 avg.) and eight touchdowns, and 81 receptions for 826 yards (10.2 avg.) and five TDs and brought back 11 kickoffs for 347 yards with a club-record 106-yard TD. Set club receiving yardage record for a running back, club rookie touchdowns record (14) and combined with Ingram for the only RB duo in NFL history each with 1,500 total yards from scrimmage (Ingram-1,540 and Kamara-a team-leading 1,554). In two postseason contests led team with 66 yards rushing and a touchdown and caught five passes for 72 yards with one TD, bringing back two kickoffs for 50 yards…At Minnesota, Sept. 11, carried seven times for 18 yards, had four receptions for 20 yards and returned a kickoff 20 yards…Vs. New England, Sept. 17, carried once for three yards, had three receptions for 51 yards and returned three kickoffs for 71 yards…At Carolina, Sept. 24, carried twice for 37 yards, including a 25-yard TD, his first career NFL score and added three receptions for five yards…At Miami in London's Wembley Stadium, Oct. 1, carried five times for 25 yards, caught 10 passes for 71 yards with a TD and returned a kickoff 23 yards…Vs. Detroit, Oct. 15, started and carried 10 times for 75 yards. Added three receptions for 12 yards…At Green Bay, Oct. 22, carried nine times for 57 yards and caught five passes for 50 yards…Vs. Chicago, Oct. 29, carried eight times for 28 yards with a TD and caught three passes for 48 yards (16.0 avg.)…Vs. Tampa Bay, Nov. 5, carried ten times for 68 yards with a TD and had six receptions for 84 yards, including a 33-yard TD, for two total TDs and game-high 152 scrimmage yards…At Buffalo, Nov. 12, carried 12 times for 106 yards with a TD and added five receptions for 32 yards to finish with a team-high 138 total yards from scrimmage, combining with Ingram to have only the third dual 100-yard rushing game in team history, the first since 2006…Vs Washington, Nov. 19, finished with eight carries for 42 yards (5.3 avg.). Reeled in six catches for 74 yards and a TD. Rushed for his first career two-point conversion and the first by Saints in 2017 to tie contest…At L.A. Rams, Nov. 26, started in two-RB set and finished with five carries for 87 yards (17.4 avg.), including career-long 74-yard TD and six receptions for 101 yards with one touchdown for a team season-high and 188 total scrimmage yards. Became first Saints rookie to score a TD in five straight contests and the first player since Walker in 1986 to have both 500 yards rushing and 500 yards receiving in his first 11 NFL games. Joined Sayers (1965) as only the second rookie in NFL history with multiple games of 150 scrimmage yards, a rushing TD and a receiving TD and selected NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month…Vs. Carolina, Dec. 3, started and carried nine times for 60 yards with two rushing touchdowns and caught five passes for 66 yards. Joined former Washington wide receiver Charley Taylor (1963) and Detroit running back Billy Sims (1980) as only the third rookie in NFL records to record 600 yards rushing and 600 yards receiving…At Atlanta, Dec. 7, carried once for two yards and caught three passes for 25 yards before leaving contest (concussion)…Vs. N.Y. Jets, Dec. 17, finished with 12 carries for 44 yards and six receptions for 45 yards and a ten-yard TD…Vs. Atlanta, Dec. 24, carried 12 times for 32 yards, caught a team-high seven passes for 58 yards and returned two kickoffs for 72 yards…At Tampa Bay, Dec. 31, played on offense and special teams, carrying nine times for 44 yards with a seven-yard touchdown, catching six passes for 84 yards with career-long 40-yard reception and returning four kickoffs for 155 yards, including a 106-yard touchdown return, the longest play in team history. Finished with game-high 128 scrimmage yards and game-high and career-high 283 all-purpose yards…In NFC Wild Card Playoff vs. Carolina, 1/7/18, started and carried ten times for 23 yards with a fourth quarter two-yard touchdown and caught a ten-yard pass…In NFC Divisional Playoff at Minnesota, 1/14/18, carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught four passes for 62 yards and a fourth quarter 14-yard touchdown grab and returned two kickoffs for 50 yards.
