{"id":530209,"date":"2026-03-10T03:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530209\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T03:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:46:06","slug":"former-panthers-te-hayden-hurst-announces-retirement-from-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/530209\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Panthers TE Hayden Hurst announces retirement from NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A former Carolina Panthers pass catcher is closing the book on his playing career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tight end Hayden Hurst announced his retirement from the NFL in an Instagram post on Monday. The 32-year-old will hang up his cleats after amassing seven pro seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVq2VXvjjKl\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" aria-label=\"view Instagram post: \"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A University of South Carolina Gamecock from 2015 to 2017, Hurst was selected by the Baltimore Ravens with the 25th overall pick of the 2018 NFL Draft. He&#8217;d split his first five campaigns between the Ravens, the Atlanta Falcons and the Cincinnati Bengals before signing with the Panthers ahead of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hurst started in eight of his nine games for Carolina, totaling 18 receptions for 182 yards and a touchdown. His year would be cut short after he sustained a <a href=\"http:\/\/pantherswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/panthers\/2024\/04\/03\/panthers-2023-season-hayden-hurst-concussion-chargers\/73198877007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">concussion<\/a> in the team&#8217;s Week 10 loss to the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He last played in 2024, as a member of the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePanthersWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m. ET A former Carolina Panthers pass catcher is closing the book on his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[202558,64,63,593,85,263416,263417,203469,263418,203220,203146,203142,203147,224217,203139,202561],"class_list":["post-530209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-accessfree","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsnflpanthers","tag-sstsnpanthers","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-taghayden-hurst","tag-taginstagram","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}