{"id":119173,"date":"2026-08-22T18:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/119173\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T18:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:58:10","slug":"former-pro-bowl-running-back-nick-chubb-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/119173\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pro Bowl running back Nick Chubb announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Chubb is calling it quits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former Browns star announced his NFL retirement on Instagram on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s the day I\u2019ve been avoiding for a while,\u201d Chubb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcUtVYNkT1p\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wrote on the platform<\/a>. \u201cTwelve year old me could never imagine this day, and 30 year old me is wondering where all the time has gone. I\u2019ve known for some time now, but I\u2019m finally ready to share that I\u2019m done playing football. I wanted to end my career on a healthy note, along with a winning season, and I was able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.42222222;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40464140\" width=\"839\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cleveland-browns-vs-new-york-20096760.jpg\" alt=\"Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb (24) runs with the ball during a game against the New York Giants.\" class=\"wp-image-40464140\"\/>Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb (24) runs with the ball in the fourth quarter on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at MetLife Stadium.  Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Chubb, 30, was one of the top running backs in football immediately after being drafted by Cleveland in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft, rushing for at least eight touchdowns in each of his first five seasons and making four Pro Bowls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Chubb had the best season of his career, running for a career-high 1,525 yards and scoring 13 total touchdowns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But his career took a turn early on in 2023 when he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/23\/browns-nick-chubb-tears-mcl-but-avoids-the-worst\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tore his MCL and damaged his ACL<\/a> during Week 2, causing him to miss the rest of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He would later break his foot in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Chubb wasn\u2019t the same player after returning from the injuries, having run for six touchdowns and 838 yards across 23 games for the Browns and Texans since then.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40463899\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2188373302.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Chubb of the Cleveland Browns looks on from the sideline during the national anthem prior to an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High on Dec. 2, 2024, in Denver, Colorado. \" class=\"wp-image-40463899\"\/>Nick Chubb of the Cleveland Browns looks on from the sideline during the national anthem prior to an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High on Dec. 2, 2024, in Denver, Colorado.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing I could control after hurting my knee twice was getting back up, getting back to work, and getting back on the field,\u201d Chubb wrote. \u201cAnd I was able to do that both times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026I say this to all my brothers still on the field, still in the heat of it,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere\u2019s a life waiting for you after football, too. And health is the real wealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI end my career in a great place. Even though there are some things I wish had happened differently, I can say that I have no regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Chubb is calling it quits.\u00a0 The former Browns star announced his NFL retirement on Instagram on Friday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[131],"tags":[240,8056,3477,90,3478,307],"class_list":["post-119173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chubb","tag-chubb","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-houston-texans","tag-nfl","tag-nick-chubb","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117140698361859406","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119173","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=119173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}