Report: Jenkins, Saints reunite for 4 years, $32M

The New Orleans Saints are finalized a four-year, $32-million deal with Malcolm Jenkins, bringing the safety back to the team he started his career with, Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Jenkins had his contract option for 2020 declined by the Philadelphia Eagles, where he spent the previous six seasons. The 32-year-old had demanded a pay increase from the Eagles before the team cut ties.

Jenkins was a first-round pick of the Saints in 2009. He played five seasons in New Orleans and won Super Bowl XLIV before leaving for the Eagles as a free agent in 2014.

The Saints have a pair of ascending young safeties in Marcus Williams and Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, but could lose Vonn Bell from their rotation to free agency. Williams, Gardner-Johnson, and Bell are all under the age of 26.

Jenkins has been one of the most durable players in the league over the last six years, never missing a game and playing every defensive snap in each of the past three seasons.

The Ohio State product had 81 tackles, 2.5 sacks, and eight pass breakups for Philadelphia in 2019.