{"id":74214,"date":"2025-07-19T02:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T02:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/74214\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T02:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T02:14:04","slug":"ex-steelers-wide-receiver-announces-retirement-on-day-1-of-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/74214\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Steelers wide receiver announces retirement on Day 1 of training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking turn of events, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers<\/a> wide receiver has announced his retirement from the NFL at age 30.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter reported that ex-Steelers wideout Mike Williams, who signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Chargers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> this offseason, retired on Day 1 of training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sources: Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams\u2019 agent, Tory Dandy, informed the team last night that, after eight seasons, his client is retiring from the NFL,&#8221; Schefter wrote on X. &#8220;Williams walks away from the game at age 30.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams was traded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-jets\/352\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jets<\/a> to the Steelers in November 2024, and despite showing promise in Pittsburgh&#8217;s offense, he ultimately finished his Steel City tenure with just nine receptions, 132 receiving yards, and one touchdown in nine games.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of the most underrated 50\/50 wide receivers in the league, and his surprising retirement leaves a solid final career stat line of 330 receptions, 5,104 receiving yards, and 32 touchdowns in 106 games.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date Steelers coverage, follow us on X <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteelersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheSteelersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">@TheSteelersWire<\/a> and give our <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Facebook page<\/a> a like.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2025\/07\/18\/steelers-chargers-mike-williams-retirement\/85269606007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former Steelers WR retires on Day 1 of Chargers training camp;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Former Steelers WR retires on Day 1 of Chargers training camp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a shocking turn of events, a former Steelers wide receiver has announced his retirement from the NFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":74215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[14006,8986,51758,1232,12099,700,62,2779,51760,51759,67,132,68,38922],"class_list":{"0":"post-74214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","10":"tag-mike-williams","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-retirement","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-steelers","16":"tag-steelers-coverage","17":"tag-tory-dandy","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-wide-receiver"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114877488465688134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}