Eagles 6-time Professional Bowl Defensive Sort out Fletcher Cox Pronounces His Retirement After 12 Seasons

PHILADELPHIA: Philadelphia Eagles six-time Professional Bowl defensive sort out Fletcher Cox introduced his retirement on Sunday.

Cox, a first-round choose in 2012, performed all 12 of his seasons in Philadelphia and holds the franchise file for sacks (70) by a defensive sort out, trailing solely Reggie White, Trent Cole, Clyde Simmons and Brandon Graham in profession sacks.

He joins six-time All-Professional middle Jason Kelce in retirement. Graham signed a one-year deal on Saturday to return to the Eagles for his fifteenth season.

“I fulfilled a lifelong dream by making it to the NFL. However what I didn’t know on the time was how a lot of an honor and privilege it could be to signify town of Philadelphia and the Eagles group for the subsequent 12 seasons,” Cox wrote on Instagram.

Cox was chosen No. 12 general in 2012 in Andy Reid’s final season in Philadelphia. He helped the Eagles beat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots within the Tremendous Bowl following the 2017 season and had his greatest 12 months in 2018 when he was a first-team All-Professional.

“What made Fletcher actually particular is that his affect extends even additional behind the scenes,” Eagles proprietor Jeffrey Lurie stated in an announcement. “The six-time staff captain was a key determine in establishing a championship tradition in our constructing. As nasty as he was on the sector, he was a grasp of his craft whereas additionally serving as a giant brother and mentor to so many younger gamers over time.

“He had an incredible quantity of respect for the sport of soccer and the legacy he would sooner or later be abandoning, and that was mirrored in the best way he set the usual each single day whether or not on the apply area or within the locker room. That commonplace will dwell on for a few years due to his management and the respect he earned from everybody within the constructing.”

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