{"id":480331,"date":"2024-03-15T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=480331"},"modified":"2024-03-15T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:00:04","slug":"rams-defensive-tackle-donald-retiring-from-nfl-at-32","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/rams-defensive-tackle-donald-retiring-from-nfl-at-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams&#8217; defensive tackle Donald retiring from NFL at 32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LA Rams DT <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nfl\/player\/aaron-donald\/\">Aaron Donald<\/a> shared that he is retiring today after 10 dominant campaigns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaron Donald \ud83d\udc10<\/p>\n<p>3x Defensive Player of the Year<br \/>8x First-Team All-Pro<br \/>Pro Bowler in every season (10x)<br \/>2014 Defensive Rookie of the Year<br \/>Super Bowl LVI Champion<\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest careers of all-time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LOPuOcg1SM\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/LOPuOcg1SM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1768673659244413416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In those 10 years, Aaron was a 3-time Defensive Player of the Year, an 8<sup>th<\/sup>-time 1<sup>st<\/sup> team All-Pro, a 10-time Pro Bowl pick, and the 2014 Defensive Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds ends his career with 111 sacks, the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-most among primary DTs in a career behind only John Randle. Aaron holds his organization\u2019s record for career sacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Throughout my time in NFL, I have given my everything to football both mentally and physically \u2013 each day was dedicated to becoming the best possible footballer I could be,&#8221; Aaron shared about his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I respected football like no other, and I&#8217;m lucky to be able to conclude my National Football League career with the same team that selected me. Not many footballers get drafted to an organization, win a World Championship with that franchise, and retire as part of them. I do not, and will not, take that for granted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He and Sanders are the only footballers in the league&#8217;s history to play 10 campaigns and get picked to the Pro Bowl in each campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Aaron Donald&#39;s gonna make a play here.&#39; <\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest players ever, who always came through when it mattered most \ud83d\udc8d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YxkvA3c5KF\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/YxkvA3c5KF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL Films (@NFLFilms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLFilms\/status\/1768676393825497326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA Rams DT Aaron Donald shared that he is retiring today after 10 dominant campaigns. 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