Los Angeles Rams All-Pro Defensive Tackle Aaron Donald has announced his retirement.
Donald was a three-time AP Defensive Player of the Year, an eight-time All-Pro, a 10-time Pro Bowl selection, a Defensive Rookie of the Year, and a Super Bowl champion during his illustrious 10-year NFL career.
He appeared in 154 career regular season games (150 starts) and recorded 543 tackles (340 solo), 111.0 sacks, 176 tackles for loss, 790 pressures, 256 quarterback hits, 525 hurries, 24 forced fumbles, seven fumble recoveries, and 21 passes defended.
Donald also appeared in 11 postseason games, including two Super Bowls and two NFC Championships, and notched 34 tackles (19 solo), 6.0 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 51 pressures, 16 quarterback hits, 34 hurries and one pass defended. He was part of the Rams team that played in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium and recorded the iconic, game-sealing defensive stop that brought a championship to Los Angeles.
Retirement Interview
Aaron Donald Exclusive Interview: Retirement, life after football & career moments with wife Erica Donald
Watch this exclusive interview as Aaron Donald sits down with his wife Erica to talk about his career journey, life after football and GOAT status. Erica kicks us off with the GOAT question (0:31), then we get into details of Aaron's college career (3:56), getting drafted (12:11), and realizing he was special (14:45). From there we hear about the early years of his career (15:45) and meeting Sean McVay (20:41). Aaron recalls his first playoff game (22:36) and his 2018 season (24:20) before detailing his reason for retirement and final season memories (34:52). We learn what's next for Aaron (43:44) and whether or not he believes he's a first ballot Hall of Famer (56:55). We wrap up with Aaron taking a guess at what he might miss the most after 10 years of an unprecedented career (1:12:15).
From promising young rookie to Super Bowl champ, check out the best photos from Aaron Donald's career.
