Ndamukong Suh announced his NFL retirement on Saturday, publishing a sincere declaration on the first anniversary of his father’s death.
Credit his father as “my idol, my coach and my anchor”, the defensive line player relayed what he said was his father’s last advice.
“It’s time to let football go,” he recalls his father. “You have done everything you have decided to do. Now it’s time for the next chapter.”
“This conversation stayed with me,” said SUH in his declaration on social networks. “So, today, a year later, I honor this wish.
“I officially retire the NFL.”
July 12, 2024 was the most difficult day of my life.
It was the day I said goodbye to my father, the man who raised me, shaped me, challenged me and I thought in myself before I believe in me.
He was not only a father. He was my idol, my coach and my anchor.
He taught me what it meant … pic.twitter.com/wkefqadrsq– Ndamukong suh (@ndamukongsuh) July 12, 2025
SUH, 38, was the overall choice n ° 2 of the 2010 NFL draft by the Lions. He spent five seasons in Detroit (2010-14), then played for the Miami Dolphins (2015-17), Los Angeles Rams (2018), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2019-21) and Philadelphia Eagles (2022).
He came out of football in the past two seasons. He won the Super Bowl with the 2020 Buccaneers.
SUH made its presence known as recruit, displaying a career summit of 10 bags and being appointed recruit of the year All-Pro and AP. It was the first of his three All-Pro honors, and he was also appointed to the team of the renowned temple of all the years 2010.
He made 600 career plated and 71.5 bags, adding an interception, five forced escapes and nine escaped recovery – three returned for a touchdown. He appeared in 199 games, all starting except the eight he played with the Eagles in his last season.
“I left everything on the ground, and now I move away from peace and gratitude,” he said.
“Because I have been preparing for this time for years. Football was my passion, but it was never my end of game.”
He now welcomes the “No Free Lunch” podcast, in which he strives to share what he learned about “the navigation of life and money,” he said.
– Field level media
