Bush was scheduled to make $11.8 million in 2011 under his old contract, though the Saints were reportedly set to release the injury-prone tailback if a trade or a contract restructuring could not be completed.Terms of the trade were not immediately known in a deal first reported by Fox Sports early Thursday morning.Bush, the second overall pick in the 2006 draft out of Southern California, played in a career-low eight games last season and scored only one touchdown. In 60 career games, he has rushed for just 2,090 yards with a pedestrian 4.0 yards per carry. The 26-year-old has been a solid receiving option out of the backfield, having caught 294 passes for 2,142 yards. He has scored 33 total touchdowns in his six-year career, four coming on punt returns.
Bush was the Heisman Trophy winner in 2005, but last year decided to give back the award after an NCAA investigation determined he accepted money and gifts while playing at USC. The school was also heavily penalized for the alleged transgressions, incurring a postseason ban for two years.
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