Longtime NFL defensive deal with Ndamukong Suh has formally introduced his retirement in a social media put up.
Suh was one of the vital dominant defensive linemen of the 2010s, incomes 5 Professional Bowls and three first-team All-Professional picks throughout his 13-year profession. He completed one recreation shy of 200 regular-season appearances and recorded 600 complete tackles, 71.5 sacks, and 130 tackles.
Suh revealed that his father handed away precisely one 12 months in the past, inspiring him to hunt out a post-football profession internet hosting “No Free Lunch,” a podcast with The Athletic centered on enterprise and finance. He hopes to make use of his platform to assist athletes and younger entrepreneurs.
Suh had a stellar profession on the College of Nebraska, together with a monstrous senior 12 months in 2009 with 12.5 sacks and 21 tackles for loss. He gained the Nagurski and Bednarik Awards as the very best defensive participant in faculty soccer, was named a unanimous All-American and completed fourth in Heisman voting.
He was then chosen by the Lions with the No. 2 choose within the 2010 NFL Draft and burst onto the professional scene with 10.0 sacks as a rookie, incomes him the Defensive Rookie of the Yr Award together with Professional Bowl and first-team All-Professional honors. He by no means reached double-digit sacks once more, however remained a fierce disruptor on the inside with three extra Professional Bowls and three extra All-Professional nods in Detroit.
Suh was one of many greatest prizes of free company in 2015 and finally signed a large six-year, $114M contract with the Dolphins. $19M per 12 months might not look like a lot relative to the fashionable inside defensive position market, however it represented a whopping 13.3% of the 2015 wage cap. Adjusted to the 2025 cap, Suh’s APY can be over $37M, by far the highest-paid DT within the league, per OverTheCap.
Nonetheless, after 36.0 sacks and 66 tackles for loss in 5 years with the Lions, Suh solely had 14.5 sacks and 23 tackles for loss in his first three years in Miami. He was launched in 2018 and signed with the Rams for one seasons earlier than a three-year stint in Tampa Bay. His time with the Buccaneers featured a resurgence in play (12.0 sacks throughout 2020 and 2021) and his first and solely championship in Tremendous Bowl LV.
Suh then joined the Eagles partway via the 2022 season and even appeared in Tremendous Bowl LVI, however has not performed since. He acquired curiosity from the Ravens and the Dolphins in the course of the 2023 season, however no deal got here to fruition.
Suh finishes his profession with simply over $168M in complete earnings. He was already been named to the Corridor of Fame All-2010s workforce and could have an opportunity at being inducted in 5 years. His candidacy, together with different trendy DTs like Fletcher Cox, Geno Atkins and Cameron Heyward, can be an attention-grabbing litmus check for the place’s Corridor of Fame requirements.
