{"id":1838,"date":"2024-07-30T17:54:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2024-07-30T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T17:54:57","slug":"breaking-former-first-round-running-back-shocks-everybody-by-announcing-his-retirement-at-age-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1838","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Former First-Round Running Back Shocks Everybody By Announcing His Retirement At Age 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is truly the end of an era for Rashaad Penny.<\/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>Rashaad Penny, a first-round pick in the 2018\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0draft, has announced he is hanging up his cleats and riding off into the sunset to retire after six seasons in the league.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/carolina-panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>\u00a0placed Penny on the reserve\/retired list on Tuesday.<\/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\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Seahawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Seahawks<\/a> RB Rashaad Penny is retiring from the NFL at age 28. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/njVFqTnLDy\">pic.twitter.com\/njVFqTnLDy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySportsUpdate\/status\/1818279613241737314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He is just 28-years-old.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>The decision to retire came just days after Rashaad Penny told Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer that he could still be one of the best running backs in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always believed in myself, knowing my capabilities,\u201d Penny said. \u201cI think everybody else knows that when I\u2019m healthy, I\u2019m probably, like, a top running back in the league. I know my place. I know what I can do. So I just keep striving from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Penny had just signed a one-year deal with Carolina in May, which reunited him with Panthers head coach Dave Canales, who was on\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/pete-carroll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Carroll<\/a>\u2019s crewwith the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0during his first five seasons in the league.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-rashaad-penny-leaves-the-nfl-with-unfulfilled-high-expectations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rashaad Penny Leaves The NFL With Unfulfilled High Expectations<\/h2>\n<p>Penny entered the league with high expectations as a first-round pick, but things never panned out that way for him.<\/p>\n<p>His tenure with the Seahawks began with him making 24 appearances across the 2018 and \u201919 seasons. However, he was not logging a heavy workload but did manage to score six total touchdowns.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>In the years since, he has been marred by nagging injuries, which likely helped him make his decision to retire.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old was limited to just three games in 2020, but would have his best year in 2021 when he scored six touchdowns while leading the NFL with a 6.3 yards per carry average.<\/p>\n<p>Rashard Penny has played in just 45 games with just 11 starts in his NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>In 45 games, he ran for 1,951 yards and 13 touchdowns, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/40680218\/panthers-rb-rashaad-penny-retiring-nfl-six-seasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESPN.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is truly the end of an era for Rashaad Penny. 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