National Football League

Bills ink FB McIntyre to 2-year contract extension

Published Sep. 6, 2010 10:23 p.m. ET

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For someone who's bounced around the NFL for nearly a decade, fullback Corey McIntyre finally feels like he's found a home in Buffalo after signing a two-year, $1.85 million contract extension.

''From a person who's traveled the road I've traveled, to actually have your first real contract, I can't even describe the feeling,'' McIntyre said after practice Monday.

The deal runs through the 2012 season and could be worth more if McIntyre meets several incentive clauses. It was reached as he prepares for his third season in Buffalo.

What pleased him most is that the Bills were the ones who approached his agent first last month to discuss the possibility of an extension.

''It's great,'' McIntyre said. ''They went from there and the next thing, I get a call saying, 'You'll be a Bill for a couple of more years.'''

Though officially entering his sixth NFL season, the 31-year-old has been around much longer after initially entering the league in 2002 when he signed with Philadelphia as an undrafted free agent out of West Virginia.

McIntyre had to wait three more years, and spend a season in Europe, before making his NFL debut with Cleveland in 2005. He then played parts of the following two years in New Orleans and Atlanta before signing with the Bills a month into the 2008 season.

ProFootballTalk.com first reported his extension on its website earlier in the day.

Used as a fullback and on special teams, McIntyre has five carries for 34 yards and nine catches for 54 yards in 26 games in Buffalo.

Coach Chan Gailey praised McIntyre for the hard-nosed edge he provides.

''You can't count in statistics what he brings to our football team,'' Gailey said. ''He's a true tough guy.''

The Bills on Monday also added three players to their practice squad by signing receiver Paul Hubbard, linebacker John Russell and defensive back Dominique Harris.

Harris is an undrafted rookie free agent out of Temple who was cut by the Bills a day earlier to make room for Kraig Urbik, who the team claimed off waivers.

Hubbard was released by Oakland on Aug. 31 after spending last season on the Raiders' practice squad. At 6-foot-2 and 225 pounds, the Wisconsin product was originally drafted by Cleveland in the sixth round in 2008. He then spent that season on the Browns practice squad.

Russell joins the Bills two days after being released by Kansas City. He originally signed with Green Bay this spring as an undrafted rookie out of Wake Forest.

Also, tight end Derek Schouman was not claimed after being waived/injured on Saturday, and is now on the Bills injured reserve list.