{"id":118945,"date":"2026-08-22T07:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/118945\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T07:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:10:12","slug":"nick-chubb-announces-retirement-from-the-nfl-after-8-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/118945\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Chubb announces retirement from the NFL after 8 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 21, 2026, 10:29 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Browns franchise is known for its long history of having uber-talented running backs. From Jim Browns to Ernie Davis, who didn&#8217;t achieve remotely what he was capable of due to his health. Beyond them, there were also Eric Metcalf, Peyton Hillis, and ultimately Nick Chubb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The latter of that group made a lasting impact on the franchise, and he is now ready to step away from the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Friday night, former <a data-autotag=\"9cb205d1-d46a-4c2c-a80a-90061986bc20\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> running back Nick Chubb announced on social media that he was retiring from the NFL. He played eight seasons in the league, with seven of them coming with the Browns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcUtVYNkT1p\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=5\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His statement on social media reads<\/a>, &#8220;Today&#8217;s the day I&#8217;ve been avoiding for a while. Twelve year old me could never imagine this day, and 30 year old me is wondering where all the time has gone.\u00a0I&#8217;ve known for some time now, but I&#8217;m finally ready to share that I&#8217;m done playing football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He ended it with a proud commitment to the franchise that drafted him.<\/p>\n<p>Your fantasy edge starts here <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (fantasy)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.usatoday.com\/\">Sync your league for custom roster advice, projections, and tools to win your matchups every week.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Till the day I die, it will always be: GO DAWGS. GO BROWNS!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Coming out of Georgia, where he suffered a devastating knee injury, he was drafted 35th overall in the 2018 NFL Draft. He was a part of a franchise-altering class that included quarterback Baker Mayfield and cornerback Denzel Ward. That trio of picks ultimately led the Browns to the playoffs and their first playoff win in 2020 after a 25-year drought.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chubb is third all-time in rushing yards in Browns franchise history with 6,843 yards and third all-time in rushing touchdowns (51).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For fans looking for some nostalgia from his time with the team, they posted a nearly 12-minute highlight reel when he left the team in 2025, which can be found above.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 21, 2026, 10:29 p.m. ET The Browns franchise is known for its long history of having uber-talented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[131],"tags":[2312,240,46309,22587,22588,946,58065,19040,58066,7463,7462,7461,19037,686,688,681],"class_list":["post-118945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chubb","tag-accessfree","tag-chubb","tag-sourcebrowns-wire","tag-sstssportsnflbrowns","tag-sstsnbrowns","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbaker-mayfield","tag-tagcleveland-browns","tag-tagdenzel-ward","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagnick-chubb","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117137914278010113","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}