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After nine seasons with three different teams, Darren Waller chose it Go away from the NFL After the 2023 season.
He appeared in 12 games with the New York Giants In what turned out to be the last year of his NFL career. Last June, Waller admitted in a video that posted his “passion” for football in his YouTube channel. “
“I decided to withdraw from the football game,” he wrote on Instagram. “To God: What a trip, and thank you. We further introduced it when I could ever have imagined it! So grateful for all the people I could connect and create memories. We have a lot more life to live. Love all. Peace.”
Waller was 31 years old when he decided to end it.
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Darren Waller from the New York Giants runs against the Seattle Seahawks in the Metlife Stadium on October 2, 2023 in East Rutherford, NJ (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
When Waller met the one -year brand of him NFL retirementThe earlier narrow end gave an insight into his surprising decision. Waller said a handful of games in his lonely season with the Giants to recognize that he was ready to retire.
Darren Waller reflects divorce and retirement, says he has to “look in the mirror”.
“I knew I was retiring when we played in Buffalo” “The side you don’t see” Podcast. “It was a game in which it was really controversial because one of the boys held me in the end and they didn’t call it.
Darren Waller from the New York Giants in the first half of a pre -season game against the Carolina Panthers in the Metlife stage 18 August 2023 in East Rutherford, NJ (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
“It was in the first quarter of the game. We led this The Counter Lead Running Play, and I am the way I am through the hole, as if I was a full -back, and the piece works.
The moment had a lasting influence on Waller, who said he was sitting on the edge and staring at the sky.
The New York Giants tight end Darren Waller in the tunnel for a game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia December 25, 2023. (Eric Hartline/USA Today Sports)
“I only look at the moon – it is the first quarter in the first quarter (or) in the second quarter – and nobody else would really know that I think that, but I’m on the sidelines like ‘Yes. I will end this year to the best of my strength, but I’m definitely ready after this year.’
The bills overtook the Giants in the game and celebrated a 14: 9 victory.
Waller finished his short stay with the Giants with 552 reception rooms and a touchdown. He had a turbulent season that included a short hospital stay. He suffered a thigh injury in week 8, which caused him to miss several games.
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Away from the field, in 2024 the end of Waller’s marriage to WNBA Star also marked Kelsey Plum. The two applied for a divorce in April 2024 in Las Vegas.
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