{"id":129557,"date":"2025-06-14T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/129557\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T15:24:10","slug":"former-vikings-running-back-signs-with-new-orleans-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/129557\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Vikings running back signs with New Orleans Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/minnesota-vikings\/347\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Vikings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> will have a chance to acquire one of their former running backs for a second straight season in 2025 after he signed with a new team on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Cam Akers, who was a part of the Vikings running back rotation in 2024, signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-orleans-saints\/350\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Orleans Saints;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">New Orleans Saints<\/a> on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DMRussini\/status\/1933646503572385892\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Diana Russini of The Athletic;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Diana Russini of The Athletic<\/a> was the first to report the story.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After being drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> in 2020, Akers found his way to the Vikings for the 2023 season, showcasing a reliability that fans and the team enjoyed. He would sign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/houston-texans\/325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Texans<\/a> in free agency before Kwesi Adofo-Mensah traded for him back in 2024, and he would spend the rest of the year with them.<\/p>\n<p>After signing with the Saints, it became a running joke very quickly that fans could expect to see Akers back in a purple uniform come October.<\/p>\n<p>Over the five years of his career, Akers has 502 rushing attempts, 2,025 rushing yards, 13 rushing touchdowns, and 52 catches for 388 receiving yards and four receiving touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/vikingswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/vikings\/2025\/06\/14\/former-viking-running-back-cam-akers-new-orleans-saints\/84200733007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former Minnesota Vikings running back signs with New Orleans Saints;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Former Minnesota Vikings running back signs with New Orleans Saints<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Vikings will have a chance to acquire one of their former running backs for a second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[8761,31006,7,9864,58,233,259,2529,55,6,2830,31007,18039,222,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-129557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-cam-akers","9":"tag-diana-russini","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kwesi-adofo-mensah","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams","13":"tag-minnesota","14":"tag-minnesota-vikings","15":"tag-minnesotavikings","16":"tag-new-orleans-saints","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-running-backs","19":"tag-running-joke","20":"tag-straight-season","21":"tag-texans","22":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114682414110927317","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}