{"id":119111,"date":"2026-08-22T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/119111\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:48:10","slug":"nick-chubb-shocks-the-nfl-with-abrupt-retirement-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/119111\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Chubb shocks the NFL with abrupt retirement announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 22, 2026, 8:11 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After a storied eight-year NFL career, running back Nick Chubb is <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=83224X1595658&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F49686432%2Frunning-back-nick-chubb-announces-retirement-nfl&amp;xcust=SC1-STDN&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Ftouchdownwire.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Ftouchdown%2F2026%2F08%2F22%2Fnick-chubb-shocks-the-nfl-with-abrupt-retirement-announcement%2F91415217007%2F\" data-v-afl=\"\" data-t-l=\"\u2691f:b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrapping up his time in the league<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a shocking announcement, Chubb told everyone he was hanging up his cleats and retiring from the league on Friday night. In a heartfelt letter to fans announcing the decision, he discussed what the sport has meant to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Football was a huge blessing in my life,&#8221; Chubb wrote. &#8220;It opened so many doors, gave me opportunities I never could have imagined, and allowed me to meet some amazing people. I&#8217;m grateful for everyone I crossed paths with across the way, and I promise I took something from each of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Thank you to my teammates, my coaches, the fans, my family, my friends, and anyone who ever cheered me on. Twelve year old me never could have imagined where this game would take us. But 30 year old me can look back and say we gave it everything we had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chubb had an accomplished career in the league, earning Pro Bowl honors four times and All-Pro honors once over his eight seasons. He spent his first seven seasons with the <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> before playing with the <a data-autotag=\"4fdb1a06-1d90-42ff-b7f7-5268ecaf7955\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/houston-texans\/325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Houston Texans<\/a> last season.<\/p>\n<p>Your fantasy edge starts here <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (fantasy)|e|auto spike click:6|\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\">At the peak of his career, Chubb had four consecutive 1,000-yard seasons from 2019-2022. With his decision to retire, his career comes to a close with a total of 7,349 rushing yards, 54 rushing touchdowns, 1,109 receiving yards, and five receiving touchdowns to his name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 22, 2026, 8:11 a.m. ET After a storied eight-year NFL career, running back Nick Chubb is wrapping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[131],"tags":[2312,240,58106,12846,12847,946,25595,19040,58071,687,7463,7462,7461,19037,686,688,681],"class_list":["post-119111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chubb","tag-accessfree","tag-chubb","tag-sourcetouchdown-wire","tag-sstssportsnfltouchdown","tag-sstsntouchdown","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagcelebrities-entertainment-news","tag-tagcleveland-browns","tag-taghouston-texans","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","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\/117139715241001284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119111","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=119111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}