{"id":824091,"date":"2026-03-21T00:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824091\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T00:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T00:08:14","slug":"former-panthers-wr-d-j-chark-announces-retirement-from-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824091\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Panthers WR D.J. Chark announces retirement from NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 20, 2026, 6:34 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A former <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" data-autotag=\"8afac4d1-41b4-4302-b154-b45f5b48a0d2\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Carolina Panthers<\/a> pass catcher is hanging up his gloves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Wideout D.J. Chark announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday. The 29-year-old receiver, who played one of his seven NFL seasons with the Panthers, posted the following on Instagram this evening:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWHvxTslBiu\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" aria-label=\"view Instagram post: \"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chark, an Alexandria, La. native and Louisiana State University product, was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He\u2019d spend his first four pro campaigns there, amassing 147 receptions for 2,042 yards and 15 touchdowns over 43 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Following a one-year stint for the Detroit Lions in 2022, Chark signed with the Panthers in the offseason of 2023. He ended up starting in 11 of his 15 outings for Carolina, recording 35 catches for 525 yards and five touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">His last regular-season down came as a member of the Los Angeles Chargers in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePanthersWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 20, 2026, 6:34 p.m. ET A former Carolina Panthers pass catcher is hanging up his gloves. Wideout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,7,6,97114,97115,95882,96059,110539,96324,98128,95896,95888,95899,96177,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-824091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnflpanthers","12":"tag-sstsnpanthers","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagcarolina-panthers","15":"tag-tagd-j-chark-jr","16":"tag-taginstagram","17":"tag-taglouisiana-state-university","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","21":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116264259053568853","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824091","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=824091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}