Ryan Ramczyk will announce the New Orleans Saints‘ Day 2 picks through the 2025 NFL Draft subsequent week, however now he’ll achieve this as a former participant. On Thursday night time, the precise sort out made a unique announcement: His retirement from the NFL.
“What an unbelievable journey it has been,” Ramczyk wrote on social media. “My path to the NFL wasn’t a straight line, it wasn’t the story most individuals count on. There have been moments when folks doubted me, moments once I doubted myself. It is humorous how life works out. Typically the street much less traveled results in locations you by no means anticipated, however it finally ends up being precisely the place you had been meant to be.
“At present I mirror on all of the twists and turns that acquired me up to now, from technical faculty to develop into a ‘welder’ to All-Professional within the NFL. As I step into retirement, I am stuffed with gratitude for every little thing this sport has given me.”
The Saints drafted Ramczyk in 2017 with the ultimate choose of the primary spherical. He went on to start out all 16 video games that season at proper sort out and have become one of many key members, alongside cornerback Marshon Lattimore and working again Alvin Kamara, of New Orleans’ immediately profitable rookie class.
Ramczyk was later named to 3 straight All-Professional groups from 2018-20, together with a first-team nod in 2019. Although he began all 101 regular-season video games wherein he appeared, Ramczyk’s remaining years within the NFL had been restricted due to damage. In reality, he missed all the 2024 season because of a lingering knee subject.
Nonetheless, the 30-year-old didn’t categorical any regrets about his profession.
“I owe an enormous thanks to the sport of soccer, and to the numerous coaches and teammates who’ve supported and challenged me alongside the way in which,” he wrote.
As Ramczyk alluded to, his journey to the NFL took a number of turns alongside the way in which. He briefly performed Division II soccer at Winona State College earlier than taking a break from soccer to check welding. He returned to the sector at Division III College of Wisconsin-Stevens Level, the place he performed for 2 seasons. In 2016, he transferred to Wisconsin and have become an All-American in his lone season with the Badgers.
“I am excited for what the long run holds, particularly the chance to spend extra time with my two boys and watch them develop. I am trying ahead to this subsequent chapter in life and am eternally grateful. Who Dat for all times,” he continued.
Ramczyk spent his total NFL profession with the Saints.
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