{"id":17547,"date":"2025-05-02T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/17547\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:19:15","slug":"new-york-jets-pick-in-nfl-draft-forced-to-retire-by-doctors-at-age-24-having-never-played-a-game-in-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/17547\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets pick in NFL Draft forced to retire by doctors at age 24 having never played a game in the league"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW York Jets draft pick in the 2024 NFL Draft has been told to retire by doctors.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old will not play a single down in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jordan Travis of the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/jordan-travis-new-york-jets-991289701.jpg\" data-caption=\"New York Jets quarterback Jordan Travis looks on before a 2024 preseason game\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/jordan-travis-new-york-jets-991289701.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>New York Jets quarterback Jordan Travis looks on before a 2024 preseason gameCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New York Jets quarterback Jordan Travis warming up with a football.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/jordan-travis-3-new-york-991289658_029b1d.jpg\" data-caption=\"The 24-year-old Travis has revealed his intentions to retire after consultations with doctors about his leg injury\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/jordan-travis-3-new-york-991289658_029b1d.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Travis has revealed his intentions to retire after consultations with doctors about his leg injuryCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/new-york-jets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> quarterback Jordan Travis shared that he told the franchise that he intends to retire.<\/p>\n<p>Travis revealed the decision on his social media accounts and posted a handwritten letter detailing the decision to end his very short professional career.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 fifth-round pick said that he had been advised to leave the game by his medical team after his rehab from a brutal leg injury in his final year of college with Florida State.<\/p>\n<p>Travis&#8217;s leg wouldn&#8217;t heal properly, and it didn&#8217;t help his chances of staying on the football field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I reflect on my journey, I am overwhelmed with gratitude,&#8221; the letter began.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From having the opportunity to live out my dream at Florida State University to hearing my name called in the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am incredibly thankful for everyone who has poured into me throughout my life and career.<\/p>\n<p>Travis then thanked special people who were there for him throughout his journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To my family + friends &#8211; your unwavering support has meant everything to me,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To the coaches who believed in me and gave me a chance to play the game I love &#8211; Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Steelers given final decision by Aaron Rodgers as Mike Tomlin makes his post-NFL Draft quarterback choice<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To my teammates &#8211; thank you for pushing me, supporting me, and becoming family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; To the entire New York Jets organization &#8211; thank you for believe in me and providing me with the opportunity to live out the ultimate dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Travis then brought up his severe leg injury he suffered in November of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I gave everything I had to the rehab process, but despite my efforts, my leg never responded the way we hoped.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After much prayer + consultation with my Doctors + medical team, I have been medically advised to retire from the game I love so deeply.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Injured Florida State Seminoles quarterback Jordan Travis being carted off the field.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/13-florida-state-seminoles-carted-860783393.jpg\" data-caption=\"Travis carted off the field following his serious leg injury in a college football game in November 2023\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/13-florida-state-seminoles-carted-860783393.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Travis carted off the field following his serious leg injury in a college football game in November 2023Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is crazy how fast life can change. This is not the ending I had ever imagined, but I do trust The Lord&#8217;s Plan above all else.<\/p>\n<p>After quoting a bible verse, Travis concluded with writing, &#8220;Thank you to everyone who&#8217;s been a part of the ride.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With love + sincere gratitude, #13.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Travis committed to Louisville in 2018 and played there that year before transferring to Florida State.<\/p>\n<p>He was given the full-time starting duties in 2022 and threw for over 3,000 yards and 24 touchdowns with the Seminoles.<\/p>\n<p>NFL important dates 2025 season<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content--intro\">March 12 &#8211; Free Agency begins<\/p>\n<p>April 24-26 &#8211; NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin<\/p>\n<p>September 4 &#8211; 2025 season opener (TBC vs Eagles)<\/p>\n<p>November 27 &#8211; Thanksgiving Day triple header<\/p>\n<p>January 4, 2026 &#8211; End of regular-season<\/p>\n<p>February 8, 2026 &#8211; Super Bowl LX at Levi&#8217;s Stadium in Santa Clara, California<\/p>\n<p>Travis was on his way to lead Florida State to the College Football Playoff before his devastating injury on November 18, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He suffered the injury after a tackle and was carted off the field as he would miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>That would be the final game of Travis&#8217;s football career.<\/p>\n<p>He won the ACC&#8217;s Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year awards.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets picked Travis with the No. 171 pick in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft and he was placed on the reserve-non-football injury list to miss last year&#8217;s campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NEW York Jets draft pick in the 2024 NFL Draft has been told to retire by doctors.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[5542,7,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,15,578],"class_list":{"0":"post-17547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-florida-state-seminoles-football","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jets","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkjets","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-draft","17":"tag-section-sportamerican-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114437499417906990","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}