{"id":58036,"date":"2025-06-24T02:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58036"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:54:51","slug":"former-dolphins-offensive-lineman-announces-sudden-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58036","title":{"rendered":"Former dolphins offensive lineman announces sudden retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tagStyle_1bmarg5-o_O-style_gt0nzj-o_O-sidesPadding_1kaga1a\">\n<div>Jesse Davis started 72 games for the Dolphins from 2017 to 2021.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper_e296pg\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_oenkmd\">\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jesse Davis (77) takes on the field prior the game against the New York Giants at Hard Rock Stadium. \" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4277,h_2405,x_0,y_198\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_dolphins\/01jyevsc2g6kk4kpzxzd.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jesse Davis (77) takes on the field prior the game against the New York Giants at Hard Rock Stadium. \" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jesse Davis (77) takes on the field prior the game against the New York Giants at Hard Rock Stadium. \" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\">Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jesse Davis (77) takes on the field prior the game against the New York Giants at Hard Rock Stadium. \/ Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fazdvfwb8\">Former Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jesse Davis announced his retirement, calling it a career on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_7jw1livp2\">\u201cAfter 10 years, I\u2019m officially retiring from the NFL,\u201d Davis wrote in an Instagram post. \u201cThank you to all my coaches, teammates, fans \u2014 and most importantly, my family. Without you guys, I wouldn\u2019t have made it this far. Thank you to all the organizations that gave me the opportunity to play the game I love. I\u2019ve had an incredible ride that I\u2019ll never forget. Now it\u2019s time to be a full-time Dad and figure out my next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"tout_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"style_hfl21i-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_qatodkhxb\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" title=\"instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLP3hE6MIt1\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=679&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com&amp;rp=%2Fnfl%2Fdolphins%2Fnews%2Fformer-dolphins-offensive-lineman-announces-retirement-01jyevkw3fy6#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1441.6000000238419%2C%22ls%22%3A517.2000000476837%2C%22le%22%3A1236.5%7D\" height=\"798\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-uw-rm-iframe=\"gn\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6p6svmn9h\">After going undrafted in 2015, Davis bounced around the league a bit before sticking on the Dolphins roster in 2017. Across five seasons with the team, Davis played in 80 games and made 72 starts. Davis brought value as a player who could play all across the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wt1a1uspv\">He made 26 starts at right guard in his first two seasons before mainly playing tackle in his last three seasons \u2014 he made 46 starts at tackle in those final three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_v55c8hqj5\">Davis also had a brief stint with the Vikings during the 2022 offseason when the Dolphins released him, but he was traded to the Steelers for a seventh-round pick before the season started.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tout_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ek56tl18y\">Davis spent the final two years of his career in Pittsburgh (2022) and San Francisco (2023). He wasn\u2019t on a team this past season after making zero starts for the Steelers and 49ers. Davis appeared in 14 games for the Steelers but made just one appearance in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Davis started 72 games for the Dolphins from 2017 to 2021. 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