Ndamukong Suh has officially retired from the NFL.
Ndamukong Suh has announced that he will be officially retiring from professional football. Suh was the second overall pick of the Detroit Lions in the 2010 Draft. Suh’s domination of the NFL began early. As a rookie, wearing Reebok-branded NFL jerseys, Suh tallied 10 sacks, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and an interception. Five seasons and 36 sacks later, Suh had become infamous for his aggressive style of play.
In 2015, Ndamukong Suh made financial headlines signing a six-year, $114 million contract with the Dolphins. Three years later, Suh landed next to Aaron Donald— Any offensive line’s nightmare. The tag team of Suh and Donald helped get the Rams to the Super Bowl where LA would fall to Tom Brady and Bill Belichick in a 13-3 slogger.
Two years later, Suh would be back on the Super Bowl stage again. This time, he would be suiting up alongside Brady rather than across from him. Suh, Brady, and the Bucs would go on to be crowned Super Bowl champions demolishing Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Suh (with 1.5 sacks) and the rest of Tampa’s pass-rush helped lead the charge, holding the Chiefs to just nine points.
Suh returned to Tampa for a title defense in 2021— His third season as a Buc, before playing in 8 games for the Eagles the next year. Suh hasn’t taken an NFL snap since 2022 and officially announced his retirement on the year anniversary of his father’s passing.
July 12, 2024 was the hardest day of my life.
It’s the day I said goodbye to my father, the man who raised me, shaped me, challenged me, and believed in me before I believed in myself.
He wasn’t just a dad. He was my idol, my coach, and my anchor.
He taught me what it meant to… pic.twitter.com/WkefQaDrsQ— Ndamukong Suh (@NdamukongSuh) July 12, 2025
Suh is a player that has seen a varying degree of highs and lows throughout his time in the league. With his career laid to rest, he may not be remembered as a Tampa Bay Buc— Suh’s career arc resembles more of a hired gun, mercenary-style athlete, however, his contributions to a championship team and one of the single greatest defensive performance in modern-NFL history should not go forgotten.
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