Mark Ingram is changing sides: He will probably not be on the field in the 2023 season. However, he has not yet announced his official career end.

Mark Ingram will probably not be on the field in the 2023 NFL season. The running back of the New Orleans Saints is switching to the TV studio – the 33-year-old announced this together with “Fox Sports”. At the station, Ingram will be part of the college football show “Big Noon Kickoff”.

Curious: Ingram has not yet announced the end of his career, he is currently at least still officially a free agent.

“I can’t wait to feel the energy and excitement every Saturday alongside some of the most talented and entertaining names in our sport in the biggest games in college football – I’m ready for the fall!”, Ingram is quoted as saying by the network.

Mark Ingram: Heisman Trophy in 2009

Although it’s not the official end, Ingram’s career is something to behold. In 2009, he won the Heisman Trophy as a college player at the University of Alabama, and in 2011, he was selected as the 28th pick in the first round by the Saints.

In 156 games for the Saints, Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans, he ran for 8,111 yards and 65 touchdowns, alongside collecting 2,125 receiving yards and ten receiving touchdowns. He was selected to the Pro Bowl three times.

Negative headlines, however, came when he was suspended for four games in 2018 for a doping violation.