Jermaine Kearse announces his retirement – NBCSports.com

” Seattle, as a home town kid it was a complete honor to represent you guys out there on the field,” Kearse composed. It was an honor to put on that Hawks uniform and Im so grateful I was able to help bring our very first Super Bowl home!

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He moved on to the Jets in a 2017 trade that sent defensive deal with Sheldon Richardson to the Seahawks. Kearse had 102 catches for 1,181 backyards and six touchdowns in 30 looks as a Jet.

Kearse made the Seahawks after going undrafted in 2012 and he captured 153 passes for 2,109 lawns and 11 touchdowns in 69 games for the team. He likewise had 31 catches for 493 backyards and six touchdowns in 12 playoff video games. Among those goals came against the Packers in overtime of the NFC Championship Game to send the Seahawks to Super Bowl XLIX.

Pass receiver Jermaine Kearse hasnt been on an NFL field given that breaking his leg in the Lions very first preseason video game last summer season and he will not be back on a field as a player at any point in the future.

Kearse announced his retirement in an Instagram post on Tuesday morning. Kearse wrote that he feels “content and very grateful with what I was able to accomplish” over the course of his profession. Those achievements consisted of winning a Super Bowl with the Seahawks after growing up in Lakewood, Washington and going to the University of Washington.