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Bradley Bozeman walked away quietly. No drama. No comeback tease. Just done.
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The Los Angeles Chargers starting center announced his retirement Monday, stepping away after eight NFL seasons and coming off a year in which he started 16 games. He is 31.
Bozeman broke the news on Instagram, calling it time for his next chapter.
“This game has given me so much,” he wrote. “I’ve poured everything I had into this journey, and I walk away grateful and proud.”
That journey was never flashy. It was steady. Reliable. Exactly what teams want in the middle of the offensive line.
Bozeman anchored the Chargers’ interior the past two seasons, starting 33 games and helping keep Justin Herbert upright through constant turnover elsewhere up front. Centers like that do not get headlines. They get trust.
An Alabama alum, Bozeman entered the league as a sixth round pick in 2018 with the Baltimore Ravens, starting 49 games across four seasons. He later spent two years with the Carolina Panthers before landing in Los Angeles.
In his farewell message, Bozeman focused less on football and more on family, ending with a line that stuck.
“Every career ends in a trash bag,” he wrote. “The game moves on. Someone fills your spot.”
He is right. And he left on his terms.
Now it is on to the farm. And whatever comes next.