Patriots Linebacker Hightower announces retirement

Hightower (33) wrote a letter using the famous platform “The Players’ Tribune” to call it a career.

3x Super Bowl Champion LB Dont'a Hightower announces his retirement after 11 years in the NFL. pic.twitter.com/wXGI9nfucT

— NFL (@NFL) March 21, 2023

Dont’a, who spent his whole career with New England Patriots, can be proud because he won 3 Super Bowl titles alongside Tom Brady.

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“Sometimes I can’t believe it…. I am a 3 Super Bowl champion,” Hightower wrote. “Pretty good for a child from Tennessee.”

Dont’a was drafted back in the 2012 NFL Draft with the twenty-fifth overall pick. Hightower was picked from Alabama, where he won 2 BCS National Championships.

His career includes 117 games from 2012 to 2021 (except for 2020, where he didn’t play). His stats are 569 tackles, 67 Quarterback hits, and 27 sacks.

He also appeared twice in the Pro Bowl – 2016 and 2019.