Indianapolis Colts

Breaking: Andrew Luck is retiring (Video of him talking)

by
Damond Talbot
August 24, 2019

Luck is retiring from the NFL per Adam Schefter.

Andrew Luck announces his retirement from the @NFL. https://t.co/PK9ADYBuOX
— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) August 25, 2019

Luck is only 29 and will hang up his cleats. Jacoby Brissett is the new Colts starting quarterback.

Luck played college football at Stanford, where he won the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Awardas college football’s player of the year and was twice recognized as an All-American. He was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in both 2010 and 2011. He was named the Offensive Player of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference in both 2010 and 2011.

Andrew Luck is retiring after seven seasons:

? 2012 No. 1 overall NFL draft pick

? 171 touchdown passes

? 23,671 yards

? 4 Pro Bowls

? 2018 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year

? 53-33 record

Physical toll on Andrew Luck through 6 NFL seasons:

» Torn cartilage in 2 ribs

» partially torn abdomen

» a lacerated kidney that left him peeing blood

» at least 1 concussion

» a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder

» and this mysterious calf/ankle issue that led to this

Most Passing TD in First 6 Seasons in NFL History

HOF Dan Marino 196
IND Andrew Luck 171
IND Peyton Manning 167
SEA Russell Wilson 161

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