Breaking: Super Bowl champion and fan favorite Seattle Seahawks player set to retire after signing one-day contract
fter two decades of playing professional football, a member of the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII team is scheduled to retire. Two players have retired for the Seahawks in the past week, including running back Bryant Koback.
A punter for the Seattle Seahawks is about to retire.
Former Seahawks punter and fan favorite Jon Ryan is expected to sign a contract with the team and retire, according to a report by Bob Condotta with Seattle Times Sports.
Well-liked punter Jon Ryan, who works with his minor league baseball teams during theday, is coming back to Seattle in order to finalize an agreement to retire with the
Ryan participated in CFL and NFL games.
Ryan was a player for several NFL and CFL teams. In the third round of the 2004 CFL Draft, Ryan was selected by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In 2006, he signed on with the Packers. Then, in 2008, he became a member of the Seahawks and remained there until the end of the 2017 campaign.
In 2018, Ryan had a brief stint as a player for the Buffalo Bills before signing with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In the 2022 season, he made his Edmonton Elks debut.
In the NFL, Ryan’s punting yard average was 44.7. 311 times, he punted inside the opponent’s 20-yard line.
Ryan started to co-own Cleburne Railroader and Portland Pickles.
Initial reactions of fans to Ryan’s retirement
These are some of the first responses that fans have had to Ryan’s retirement. Most Seahorse supporters have pleasant memories of Ryan’s tenure in Seattle.
@NFL That’s incredible news! I’d like to congratulate Jon Ryan on his great career and his choice to retire with the Seahawks. I am eager to see him.
