[Music] Alvin Kamar is an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League he played college football at Tennessee after transferring from Hutchinson Community College and was selected by the Saints in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft born July 25th 1995 aged 29 years Atlanta Georgia United States current team New Orleans Saints number 41 SL running back dates joined 2017 New Orleans Saints 2015 Tennessee Volunteers football 2013 Alabama Crimson tied football school University of Tennessee height 1.78 m parents Adama Kamara siblings garmai K malalo Alvin Kamara net worth $8 million early years Kamar was born to a Liberian another he attended Norcross High School in Norcross Georgia he played High School football for the Blue Devils football team as a junior in 2011 he rushed for 1,300 yards with 17 touchdowns as a senior in 2012 he rushed for 2,264 yards with 26 touchdowns and caught 22 passes for 286 yards and five touchdowns and leading his high school to its first state championship Kamar was was named George's Mr Football by the Atlanta Journal Constitution selected class 6A Player of the Year and earned first team Allstate honors from the Georgia Sports Riders Association in addition he was chosen to participate in the 2013 Under Armor All-America Game coming out of high school Kamar was considered to be one of the top running back prospects in the nation he was rated the number one allpurpose back in the 247 composite the number five player in Georgia and the number 42 player internationally in 2012 rivals.com rated Kamar as the number six player in Georgia Kamar received a scholarship offer from Syracuse University as a junior in high school as a senior he committed to play college football at the University of Alabama Under head coach Mick sabbin college career University of Alabama kamara's short time at University of Alabama was a rough experience he had KN surgery during the preseason then red shirted as a true freshman when he was unable to break into a recruitment class that featured three other future NFL running backs and DK Henry TJ yelen and Kenyan Drake due to behavioral issues Sabin banned Kamar from practicing with the team and suspended him from their bowl game professional career pre-draft Kamar achieved the highest wonderl test score of running backs participating in the NFL combin that year he participated at Tennessee's pro day but chose to only run positional routes the short shuttle and three cone drill with 19 other teammates in front of Representatives and Scouts from every team he attended five private workouts and visits held by the Carolina Panthers Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles NFL draft experts and analysts projected him as a second round pick ranked as either the fourth best running back by nfldraftscout.com ESPN and NFL analyst Mike a in the draft fifth best Bucky Brooks or seventh best by Sports Illustrated personal life business ventures Kamar owns the big squeezy a Louisiana based juice and smoothie chain with locations in Baton Rouge Hammond mandaville and New Orleans in February 2021 the chain sponsored Nascar Xfinity Series driver Ryan bargus and his number six JD Motorsports car in the Super Start batteries 188 at the Daytona International Speedway road course on June 20th 2021 NASCAR named Kamar as the growth and engagement adviser he became interested in the sport the previous year when NASCAR and its drivers participated in racial Justice activisms such as the sanctioning bodies ban of the Confederate Battle Flag from racetracks and Bubba Wallace's black lives matter themed car