Saints Re-sign Marques Colston

New Orleans Saints have re-signed wide receiver Marques Colston to a five-year contract extension, according to a tweet from the Saints’ official Twitter

New Orleans Saints have re-signed wide receiver Marques Colston to a five-year contract extension, according to a tweet from the Saints’ official Twitter account.

The Saints have signed WR Marques Colston to a 5-year deal

— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) March 13, 2012

Colston has been with the Saints since his Rookie season in 2006. He has posted 1,000-yard receiving seasons in five of them, including a career-high 1,143-yard campaign in 2011.

Loomis on Colston "Since we drafted Marques in 2006, he’s been everything that we are looking for in a Saint as a player and a person"

— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) March 13, 2012