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Earlier this year, it emerged that defensive lineman Michael Bennett wanted to play another NFL season, but he never signed with a team and says he won’t do it sometime later this year, either.
Bennett announced his retirement in an Instagram post Tuesday morning. Bennett didn’t say what’s next in the post, but spoke to Louisa Thomas about the New Yorker about continuing his work to combat racial inequality while spending more time with his family.
“Retiring feels a bit like the death of oneself, but I look forward to the rebirth, the opportunity to reimagine my purpose,” wrote Bennett. “I would like to thank my wife and children, who have sacrificed so much for my success. I really want to support them in the same way that they have in the last 11 years. I have never been more peaceful in my life. As the great Toni Morrison said: “Liberation was one thing, claiming the property of that liberated being was another.”
Bennett entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Buccaneers in 2009 and spent 11 years in the NFL with Tampa, Seattle, Philadelphia, Dallas, and New England. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Seahawks and made three Pro Bowls over the course of his career.
