Former Jets captain and five-time Professional Bowl linebacker C.J. Mosley is retiring
He introduced his resolution on social media Thursday, bringing an finish to a 10-year NFL profession cut up between the Baltimore Ravens and the Jets.
He spent the final 5 seasons with the Jets totaling 504 tackles and three.5 sacks in 56 video games (55 begins). However Mosley’s last seasons with Gang Inexperienced had been plagued with accidents, which finally led the staff to launch him hours after the beginning of the 2025 league 12 months.
“It is hard to move on from a player like C.J. Mosley who has given everything of himself to an organization,” Jets head coach Aaron Glenn mentioned in an announcement launched by the staff on the time.
The defensive captain appeared in simply 4 video games in 2024 as a result of a toe damage and a herniated disk in his neck. The toe damage occurred in a Week 2 matchup towards the Tennessee Titans. He deliberate to return for a Week 8 matchup towards the New England Patriots however suffered a pregame neck damage that ultimately landed him on injured reserve.
He made the retirement announcement Thursday morning — his thirty third birthday — in a two-minute lengthy Instagram video.
“Today, it is time to wake up from my childhood dream and share it with the next generation,” Mosley mentioned. “I spent my entire life and profession constructing my legacy. Now it’s time to start out a brand new chapter with new goals. It gained’t be straightforward, however I’m right here to let you know each sacrifice is price it.
“When you wake up, what will your legacy look like?”
The previous first-round choose (seventeenth total) out of Alabama completed his profession 1,083 tackles and 12 sacks in 133 video games (132 begins).
Mosley arrived in New York in 2019 on a five-year, $85 million contract after 4 Professional Bowl seasons with the Ravens. Regardless of lacking the postseason annually in his time with Gang Inexperienced, Mosley — when wholesome — was a key piece for a Jets protection that ranked among the many league’s greatest throughout his tenure within the Huge Apple.
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