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Alvin Kamara Net Worth: How Rich is Saints’ Running Back Actually?

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October 12, 2022

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Alvin Kamara is an American football player who plays as a running back for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. As of 2022, Alvin Kamara net worth is estimated to be $4 million.

Net Worth (as of 2022)	$4 million
Date of Birth	July 25, 1995
Age	26 years old
Born Place	Norcross, Georgia, United States
Nationality	American
Source of Wealth	Professional NFL player
Wife/Girlfriend	Unmarried

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Early Life

Alvin Kamara was born on July 25, 1995, in Norcross, Georgia to a Liberian mother. He went to Norcross High School where he played football for the Blue Devils football team. In his junior year, he rushed for 1,300 yards with 17 touchdowns. As a senior, he rushed for 2,264 yards with 26 touchdowns. After his successful high school, he earned Georgia Mr. Football honors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was also named Class 6A Player of the Year.

Considered as the No. 6 player in Georgia by Rivals.com, Kamara decided to play his college football at the University of Alabama.

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His time at the University of Alabama was short-lived as he had knee surgery during the preseason. He was banned from practicing with his teammate and also suspended from their bowl game. In 2014, he was then transferred to Hutchinson Community College for his redshirt freshman season. He had a successful season with Blue Dragons which led him to be top JUCO prospects in the nation.

In 2015, he transferred to the University of Tennessee. As a redshirt sophomore, he played in all 13 games and accounted for 698 yards with seven rushing touchdowns. In his second season, he played 11 games and accounted for 596 yards with 9 rushing touchdowns. He decided to forgo his redshirt senior season and enter the 2017 NFL Draft.

In 2017, he was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the NFL Draft. In his rookie season, his 728 yards rushing and 826 yards receiving was the first 700/700 season by the saints, and third by an NFL rookie, and 11^th by any NFL player. Due to his extraordinary rookie season, he was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Kamara was ranked #20 on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.

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Kamara in his second professional season recorded 883 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns along with 81 receptions for 709 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns. He was ranked 14^th on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019.

Kamara finished 2019 season with 797 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns to go along with 81 receptions for 533 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.