Cameron Jordan, Saints Agree to New Contract to Return for 15th NFL Season

Cameron Jordan isn't retiring just yet.

The star defensive end is returning to the New Orleans Saints for a 15th season, he announced on social media Wednesday:

Jordan had one year and $12.5 million left on his contract, though it appears he and the team agreed to a reworked deal to keep him in New Orleans.

Jordan, 35, was a first-round pick of the Saints at the 2011 NFL draft and has become a legend of the organization in the intervening years, with eight Pro Bowl appearances, one first-team All-Pro selection and six seasons with double-digit sacks.

His 121.5 career sacks ranks 22nd in NFL history and his ability to consistently stay on the field is incredible—he's only missed two games in his career.

In 2024 he played in all 17 contests, accumulating 34 tackles, four sacks, seven tackles for loss, eight quarterback hits, an interception and four passes defensed. The team asked him to operate more an interior lineman at times last year in a reduced role, which he after years of primarily rushing from the outside. It's unclear how new head coach Kellen Moore and defensive coordinator Brandon Staley will utilize him.

Regardless, if he was going to continue his NFL career into 2025, it only felt appropriate that he did so in New Orleans.

"The Saints have been the only home I've known, so if you're going to shut that door, you're going to have to shut it for me, because I'm not going to do it to myself," he told reporters in December. "As much as I bleed, I think I only bleed Black and Gold, but if you force me to go bleed somewhere else, a soldier fights wherever, whenever, however."

No need to deploy elsewhere—Jordan is staying in New Orleans.