METAIRIE, La. -- Tim Hightower appreciates the remarkable opportunity in front of him.
Out of football for three full years, the 29-year-old running back now has a chance to play a significant role for the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in the wake of Mark Ingram’s season-ending shoulder injury.
“If you would have asked me a year ago [if] I would have been sitting here in this position ... I don’t know, man,” Hightower said. “It really is one of those things where you think about the age, you think about the opportunity.