Former Pro Bowl running back Mark Ingram has still yet to sign with an NFL team, and even took a new media gig with Fox Sports for the upcoming college football season on Fox pregame show “Big Noon Kickoff”. Despite this, he spoke about his NFL career, saying that he could still sign with a team this season.
Ingram appeared on The Marchand and Ourand Podcast on Wednesday, where he said that if the right situation presented itself he would return to the NFL.
“I’m in a position 12 years into my career, I don’t want to go play for a team that’s going to win six games or seven games,” Ingram said. “If you’re a true legit contender, go ahead and give me a shout, give me a call, I’ll listen, but that wasn’t the case.”
He then added that he has not officially retired, and ideally, he could return to help a successful team in their postseason run.
“I didn’t officially retire,” Ingram added. “I didn’t say to the Saints, ‘I’m retiring.’ I didn’t say to the Ravens, ‘I’m retiring.’ I didn’t say to the NFL, ‘I’m retiring.’ But everyone’s under that assumption because I took this job with Big Noon. I am super content with my job, and I’m looking forward to my job. But we’re done in like the first week in December, so if some team is having trouble and my ‘Big Noon’ schedule’s over and you need a ballplayer for a legit run at the playoffs, you got three full regular season (games) left and a playoff run, I’m the man for you.”
Ingram has proven to be ultra-productive over the course of his 12-year NFL career. And if put in the right spot, he could certainly help a playoff team in their push to the Super Bowl.
That being said, he is a 33-year-old running back, and if his media career gets off to a good start at Fox we may not see him again in the NFL.
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Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.