{"id":1676,"date":"2024-07-28T20:02:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2024-07-28T20:02:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:02:55","slug":"breaking-dallas-cowboys-player-former-first-round-pick-stuns-everyone-by-announcing-retirement-at-age-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1676","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dallas Cowboys Player &#038; Former First-Round Pick Stuns Everyone By Announcing Retirement At Age 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0cornerback and former Ohio State Buckeyes star is calling it quits at the age of 29.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"mai-ad-video mai-connatix\" data-al=\"content\" data-unit=\"tpsplayer\" data-content-name=\"mai-ad-content-tpsplayer\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div id=\"cnx-outside\">\n<p>According to a report from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddarcher\/status\/1817602846684238164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESPN\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0Todd Archer, cornerback Gareon Conley told the Dallas Cowboys that he\u2019s retiring from football. Rather than put him on the reserve\/retired list, Conley was outright released by Dallas, Cowboys.com writer Nick Harris added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Can confirm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/toddarcher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@toddarcher<\/a>\u2019s report that Gareon Conley informed the team that he intends to retire which led to his release. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mD7548BFTi\">https:\/\/t.co\/mD7548BFTi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Harris (@NickHarrisDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickHarrisDC\/status\/1817607199616802824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conley was drafted in the first round (24th overall) by the Oakland Raiders in 2019. Conley, who won a national championship with the Buckeyes in 2014, spent two and a half seasons there before getting traded to the Houston Texans ahead of the 2019 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Conley missed the entire 2020 season after the Texans put him on the injured reserve. He became a free agent in 2021 following the expiration of his rookie deal (Houston declined Conley\u2019s fifth-year option), and went unsigned over the next two years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gareon Conley is retiring after a brief NFL comeback with the Dallas Cowboys. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JjNgsl4LWZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/JjNgsl4LWZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eleven Warriors (@11W) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/11W\/status\/1817626804380651987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After four years away from football, Conley landed a contract with the UFL\u2019s DC Defenders. Conley signed with the Cowboys last month in an\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0comeback attempt, but it didn\u2019t take him long to decide it was time to step away.<\/p>\n<p>In 31 career NFL games, Conley recorded four interceptions and 29 pass breakups.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-dallas-cowboys-have-had-a-surprisingly-quiet-offseason\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dallas Cowboys Have Had A Surprisingly Quiet Offseason<\/h2>\n<p>The Cowboys are coming off a third straight 12-win season that ended with an ugly loss to the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card Round. Despite the trio of 12-win campaigns, Dallas only has one playoff win to show for it.<\/p>\n<p>Owner\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jerry-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Jones<\/a>\u00a0promised in January that his team would be \u201call-in\u201d during the offseason, but the Cowboys have yet to make a single blockbuster trade or free agent signing since the new league year began.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>The Cowboys will open their 2024 season with a Week 1 road contest against the Myles Garrett-led Cleveland Browns. That game will also mark the debut of\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/tom-brady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Brady<\/a>\u00a0as an NFL analyst for FOX Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0cornerback and former Ohio State Buckeyes star is calling it quits at the age of 29. According to a report from\u00a0ESPN\u2019s\u00a0Todd Archer, cornerback Gareon Conley told the Dallas Cowboys &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1678,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/1678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}