Former Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has officially taken his final snap in the NFL.<\/p>\n
After not playing in the 2024 season, Suh made his retirement from the league official Saturday in a social media post.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m officially retiring from the NFL. I have so many memories to cherish,\u201d Suh wrote. \u201c13 seasons. 5x All-Pro. A Super Bowl ring. Countless battles in the trenches. I left it all on the field, and now I\u2019m stepping away with peace and gratitude. Because I\u2019ve been preparing for this moment for years. Football was my passion, but it was never my endgame. My next season is about impact, purpose and legacy. About helping others build wealth, lead with intention, and create lasting freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
His retirement ends an illustrious 13-year career, which began when he was drafted second overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2010 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n
Suh was the NFL\u2019s Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2010, and he was a three-time First Team All-Pro selection throughout his five years in Detroit. In his five seasons with the Lions, he recorded a total of 238 combined tackles and 36 sacks.<\/p>\n
After leaving the Lions in 2015, he would play for four different organizations over the final eight years of his career. He won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020.<\/p>\n
Suh\u2019s retirement announcement comes one year to the day after the death of his father, who was an integral part of his life.<\/p>\n
As he shared, Suh\u2019s father was his role model and a coach in his younger years. The motivation his father offered him often fueled him during his time on the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wasn\u2019t just a dad. He was my idol, my coach, and my anchor. He taught me what it meant to be disciplined, focused, and relentless in everything I do. Every snap I took in football carried his fingerprint. Every time I lined up across from someone, I could hear his voice pushing me, reminding me that I wasn\u2019t just representing myself. I was representing him, my family, my name.\u201d<\/p>\n
For his next chapter, Suh has elected to start a new podcast aimed at teaching lessons about building wealth and improving leadership.<\/p>\n
The podcast, titled \u2018No Free Lunch\u2019 launched it\u2019s first episode on July 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve lived. I\u2019ve learned. I\u2019ve built. I\u2019ve failed. I\u2019ve succeeded. And now I want to share what I\u2019ve learned; especially with athletes, entrepreneurs, and young people navigating life and money. That\u2019s why I created the No Free Lunch podcast. It\u2019s about real conversations, real strategy, and real education. Because freedom doesn\u2019t come from dame, it comes from knowledge and how you move. Now I\u2019m using my platform to serve something bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n
This article was produced by the staff at Detroit Lions On SI. For more, visit si.com\/nfl\/lions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has officially taken his final snap in the NFL. After not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[146,113,2506,7,147,957,6,9,15004],"class_list":{"0":"post-202713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-lions","10":"tag-detroitlions","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-lions","13":"tag-michigan","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-wayne-county"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114843208001765174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202713","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=202713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}