Jonathan Stinchcomb

Jonathan Stinchcomb (T) # 78

New Orleans Saints 2003 - present

Height: 6-5

Weight: 315

Born: 8/27/1979, Atlanta, GA

High School: Parkview HS [Lilburn, GA]

College: Georgia

Drafted: 2003, 2nd round, New Orleans Saints

Jon Stinchcomb (T) re-signs with the New Orleans Saints

Stinchcomb agrees to two-year $7 million contract extension

March 2, 2007 - The New Orleans Saints re-signed starting unrestricted free agent and right tackle, Jon Stinchcomb to a two-year, $7 million contract extension that will pay him $5 million in 2007 in bonuses and base salary.

Stinchcomb's priority was to remain in New Orleans. Stinchcomb said, "I'm excited about being back. I definitely wanted to be back in New Orleans, and I'm excited to have another couple of years here. It's so hard in this day and age of free agency to have a sense of loyalty from an organization to a player and from a player to an organization. But if it were possible, the Saints have been good to me. And I'd like to continue on with this relationship."

Last season, Stinchcomb started every game for the Saints, winning the job in training camp after spending the first four years of his NFL career "on the bench". Stinchcomb successfully rehabilitated a torn right patellar tendon incurring in the 2005 training camp. He is one of the anchors of a re-created Saints offensive line ... a key ingredient in the NFL's top-rated offense in 2006.

Stinchcomb, drafted him in the second round of 2003, said that the new contract far exceeds the first deal he signed with the Saints. Stinchcomb said, "I'm excited about it. It's over twice what I've made in the first four years I've been in the league. It's a lot of money, and we're excited about just moving forward."