Earlier this week, legendary NFL defensive tackle Aaron Donald announced his retirement from the game. And he’s now offering a bit of an explanation as to why he is deciding to walk away.
In a post on social media, Aaron Donald admitted the brutal truth that he simply no longer has the passion for the game that he once had, and he thought it was time to retire as a result.
“Ten years, 10 Pro Bowls, eight All-Pros, three defensive players of the year, rookie of the year, two NFC Championships, three NFC West championships, went to two Super Bowls, won one, lost one,” Donald said. “I’m complete. I’m full. I think the passion to play the game is no longer there for me. I will always love football, but to think about going through another camp and another 17 season, I just don’t got the urge to want to push myself to do that no more. I’m just, I’m burned out. The best way to say that is I’m full, I’m complete, I’m satisfied with what I was able to do in 10 years, and I think it’s time for me, at 32 years old, to retire from football and jump into the next step of my career and life and it’s time to move on.”
Donald will go down as one of the best defensive tackles ever to play in the league and is without a doubt a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
