Vast receiver Ted Ginn Jr. pronounces his retirement from the NFL after 14 seasons

Ted Ginn Jr. introduced his retirement from the NFL on Friday, in response to Information 5 Cleveland. Ginn, who turned 36 this offseason, performed 14 seasons for six totally different groups, however spent nearly all of his profession with the Carolina Panthers. The speedy wideout was additionally an electrical return man, and holds an NFL report together with Josh Cribbs with two 100-yard return touchdowns recorded in a single recreation.

“It was a tough determination, but it surely was one which needed to be made,” Ginn stated throughout a press convention at Glenville Excessive College in Cleveland, Ohio — the place Ginn starred within the early 2000s. 

Ginn was initially chosen by the Miami Dolphins with the No. 9 general decide within the 2007 NFL Draft out of Ohio State. He instantly stepped in as a return man and likewise recorded 9 begins at receiver in his first season. Ginn would have his finest statistical season as a receiver in 2008, as he caught a career-high 56 passes for 790 yards and two touchdowns. After his third season in Miami, nonetheless, he was traded to the San Francisco 49ers. 

After three years with the 49ers, Ginn spent the 2013 season with the Panthers and the 2014 season with the Arizona Cardinals. He then returned to Carolina, and helped the Panthers make a Tremendous Bowl run by recording 44 catches for 739 yards and a team-leading 10 touchdowns. Ginn caught 4 receptions for 74 yards within the 24-10 loss. 

Ginn would spend one other season with the Panthers earlier than signing with the New Orleans Saints, the place he performed from 2017-2019. He most just lately performed for the Chicago Bears in 2020, showing in six video games for Matt Nagy and Co.

Ginn was a home-run hitter that defenses needed to fear about, whether or not that was within the secondary or as a returner. He hangs up the cleats with 35 speeding and receiving touchdowns to associate with seven mixed punt and kick return scores. 

“I devoted my life and my time to soccer, my total life till now,” Ginn stated. “Having the ability to exit peacefully and on a pleasure is all I wished to be.”