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Tim Hightower, back with Saints for tryout, feels 'strong and healthy'

Tim Hightower still isn't ready to call it a career.

A severe knee injury caused the veteran running back to miss three full NFL seasons before his first comeback with the New Orleans Saints in 2015. Now after sitting out another season when nobody picked him up after the final preseason roster cutdown in 2017, Hightower rejoined the Saints for a minicamp tryout that ends Thursday.

"My body still feels strong and healthy," the 32-year-old Hightower said Wednesday (June 13). "So as long as I can continue at that high level and contribute, I'm going to go for it.