While most running backs don’t play all that far into their 30s, Mark Ingram wants to keep playing in the NFL even though he’s 33 years old.
During an appearance on The Paul Finebaum Show this week, Mark Ingram revealed that he still thinks he has plenty left in the tank thanks to splitting reps with other running backs throughout his career.
“Splitting time, splitting backfields has been a blessing,” Ingram told Finebaum according to AL.com. “But it’s also been frustrating at times because I felt like on several occasions or had I had the opportunity to be a feature guy, a bell cow, knowing I wake up Sunday knowing I’m going to get 20 touches, I think that’s a little different. But I don’t have any regrets. Every time, I just try to take advantage of my opportunities, try to take advantage of my role within the offense and maximize my touches any time I had the opportunity to touch the ball.
“I think sharing backfields, I think not getting overloaded with 300 carries a season for like five or six seasons in a row, I think that has helped me make it to Year 13 and still have a good body where I feel strong, I feel explosive, I feel like I can contribute and produce at a high level. But also just mentally as well — physical, emotionally, all that. That’s why I think I still have that drive and that hunger and desire and I think that has something to do with me sharing the ball, splitting time, even in college.”
Ingram is currently a free agent. We’ll have to see if any team picks him up.
[AL.com]
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