Intro for non ers agreed to terms with Tim Hightower Saints RB Tim Hightower the for non ers bolstered their depth starved backfield core Saturday by agreeing to terms with Saints running back Tim Hightower who had one thousand two hundred and fifty two total yards in a backup role the past two seasons the addition of Hightower 30 was announced by general manager John Lynch on Twitter Hightower is the latest free agent Edition with ties to head coach Kyle Shanahan in 2011 Hightower played in Washington when Shanahan was the offensive coordinator and for nine ers running backs coach Bobby Turner was also on the staff wide receiver Pierre Garcon quarterback Brian Hoyer tight end logan paulson and wide out aldrick robinson our other recent addition who previously played for Shanahan Hightower will add depth to a Other recent additions backfield that didn't have proven options behind Carlos Hyde there are other backups duyuan Harris Mike Davis and Raheem mustard have combined for seven hundred and four career rushing yards a 2008 fifth round pick Hightower six-foot 220 pounds has 4,000 185 career total yards and his 32 rushing touchdowns ranked 19th among active players he had an unexpected career Renaissance starting with the Saints in 2015 prior to joining New Orleans Hightower had spent the previous three seasons out of the NFL due to a torn ACL he sustained in 2011 Hightower's rehabilitation from the injury was complicated by an infection Hightower had 923 rushing yards averaged four zero yards a carry and added thirty four receptions while backing up Mark Ingram the past two years Outro you