Amidst increasingly loud retirement rumors, the Seattle Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch looks like he just confirmed that this season was his last on the NFL gridiron.
Never one to be shy with symbolism, the 29-year-old tweeted an image of cleats quite literally hung up, along with a peace sign emoji. The tweet came just hours after ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that Lynch had already told friends that he was calling it quits.
Lynch has been one of the top running backs in the NFL for the past half decade, but was hampered in 2015 by a nagging hamstring injury as well as a November abdominal surgery. Even after missing much of this season, Lynch has still totaled the most rushing touchdowns since 2011 with 51, and is among the top three in rushing yards, rushing first downs and carries as well.
Despite being one of the league’s premier running backs, “Beast Mode” is perhaps best known for the January 2015 press conference in which he told reporters, “Hey, I’m just here so I don’t get fined.” The quote instantly went viral.
Lynch will hang it up having amassed 9,112 career rushing yards, and tallied 39 in Super Bowl XLVIII, when he and his Seahawks knocked down the Denver Broncos for the 43-8 title victory.
Correction: This article previously misstated Lynch's rushing yards in Super Bowl XLVIII. He totaled 39 rushing yards in that game, not 288.
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