Four-time Pro Bowl working again Nick Chubb referred to as it a profession Friday evening, asserting his retirement from skilled soccer after eight seasons on Instagram. The 30-year-old started his profession with the Cleveland Browns after being drafted thirty fifth general within the second spherical of the 2018 NFL Draft out of Georgia.
Chubb reeled off 4 consecutive 1,000-yard dashing seasons from 2019 to 2022, which earned him 4 consecutive Pro Bowl choices. His greatest 12 months got here in 2022 with a career-high 1,525 yards dashing to go together with a career-high 12 dashing touchdowns. That manufacturing earned him second-team All-Pro honors. The 2023 season is when accidents started to rob him of his prime years. He tore each his MCL, meniscus and ACL in 2023 after a ugly knee harm in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 2 that 12 months. Chubb returned to motion in Week 7 of the 2024 season earlier than struggling one other season-ending harm in Week 15 that 12 months in opposition to the Kansas City Chiefs, this time a foot fracture. He was a shell of himself in 2025 with the Houston Texans after the second, important decrease physique harm as he rushed for simply 506 yards and three touchdowns on 122 carries. That’s why he referred to as it quits whereas remaining a free agent two weeks into the 2026 preseason.
“Today’s the day I’ve been avoiding for a while,” Chubb wrote. “Twelve-year-old me could never imagine this day, and 30-year-old me is wondering where all the time has gone. I’ve known for some time now, but I’m finally ready to share that I’m done playing football. I wanted to end my career on a healthy note, along with a winning season, and I was able to do that. At the beginning of this journey, I made many promises to myself. The No. 1 promise I made was that I would always stay true to who I am and forget the things that made me, me. That promise meant always being the hardest-working person, not whether where I was or what the circumstances were.”
Chubb’s peak of his first 5 seasons from 2018 to 2022 stands virtually the ultimate in NFL historical past after he registered 6,341 yards dashing on a 5.2 yards per carry common. He and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown are the one gamers in league historical past with 6,000-plus dashing yards and 5-plus yards per carry of their first 5 seasons, per CBS Sports Research. Chubb’s sixth season in 2023 is when his career-altering knee harm occurred.
“In the NFL, I needed to steer the league in dashing, win MVP and win a Super Bowl for town of Cleveland,” Chubb stated. “I wasn’t able to accomplish any of those things. … What’s most frustrating but also gives me peace is that I know for a fact I gave it my all.”