Reggie Bush

"It's been fun New Orleans"

After running back Mark Ingram was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the NFL draft, he broke down in tears.

As for current Saints running back Reggie Bush, he expressed his emotions via Twitter with one simple message: "It's been fun New Orleans."

The drafting of Ingram - and Bush's tweet - seemed to confirm the inevitable: the oft-injured, high-salaried running back and the Saints will be parting ways before the 2012 season.

As CBSSports.com's Will Brinson notes, the Bush-Saints split was all but certain anyway. The running back is slated to make $11.8 million next season so, unless he takes less money, Bush seemed destined to be wearing a new uniform next year - if there is a next year.

The second overall pick in the 2006 draft, Bush rushed 524 times for 2,090 yards and scored 29 touchdowns - but injuries forced him to miss significant time. He was only able to start 41 games over five years.

Bush, a fan favorite, took the drafting of Ingram in stride.

"Congrats to Mark Ingram on being selected to New Orleans," he tweeted a few hours after his farewell message. "He will be a great addition to the Saints backfield just as he was in Alabama."

It's been a stretch of high-profile endings for Bush - there was the split with Kim Kardashian, the stripping of his Heisman and now the breakup with New Orleans.

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Things Are Going from Bad to Worse for the Former USC RB

Reggie Bush is one of the more controversial characters in pro football.

His former school (USC) has stripped all records and mentions of him from their record books because of NCAA sanctions.

Bush has apologized, but he has never completely explained why he is apologetic.

Though he was a highly touted top draft pick, he has never lived up to the top running back billing that New Orleans thought they were getting.

And now the Saints have chosen another running back in the draft, (fellow Heisman trophy winner, Mark Ingram) in the first round. So what does that mean for Bush's future in the Bayou?

Now Bush is in the news again for more issues from his past. As part of the USC scandal, Bush chose to hand over his Heisman trophy.

I'm sure Bush hoped this would be the end of things, but now that appeals have been heard the story is in the news again.

According to the Sporting News:

The NCAA upheld sanctions on former USC assistant coach Todd McNair on Friday... McNair was the center of USC’s problems with the NCAA, which ruled McNair knew or should have known that former star running back Reggie Bush was receiving improper benefits from a would-be marketer.

Combining that news with Ingram being picked in the draft by his team and it seems like Bush is in for an interesting summer.

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