{"id":458217,"date":"2023-09-04T20:38:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=458217"},"modified":"2023-09-04T20:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:52:41","slug":"kyle-rudolph-retires-after-12-years-in-nfl","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/kyle-rudolph-retires-after-12-years-in-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rudolph retires after 12 years in NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Pro Bowl tight end <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/kyle-rudolph\/\">Kyle Rudolph<\/a> officially announced his retirement as he plans to continue his path into the media world.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph told Peter King of NBC Sports this past weekend that he decided to step away after 12 seasons in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I played for so long and earned a veteran status,&#8221; Rudolph said. &#8220;Now I&#8217;m a rookie getting as many reps as I can in the media world. This off-season is about, &#8216;Where do I fit in?&#8217; The NBC job doing games on Peacock is cool. And talking about the storylines of the day in the NFL on Sunday nights will be cool, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2x Pro Bowl TE Kyle Rudolph tells me he&#8217;ll officially retire as a member of the Minnesota <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vikings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Vikings<\/a> organization.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph says the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Vikings<\/a> will honor around their Week 3 game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chargers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Chargers<\/a>. Should be a very special weekend for Kyle and his family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IFMfhGBX72\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/IFMfhGBX72<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/1698700101093335514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rudolph said that he was thinking about a 13th NFL season, but decided, with four young children, it was time to move on with his post-NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph spent his first 10 seasons in Minnesota. He played 2021 with the New York Giants and nine games in 2022 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Pro Bowl tight end Kyle Rudolph officially announced his retirement as he plans to continue his path into the media world. 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