{"id":679496,"date":"2026-05-18T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/679496\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:21:10","slug":"3-nfl-rookies-have-chosen-to-retire-before-2026-regular-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/679496\/","title":{"rendered":"3 NFL Rookies Have Chosen To Retire Before 2026 Regular Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

A trio of undrafted NFL<\/a> rookies have chosen to retire following the 2026 Draft.<\/p>\n

Miami Dolphins<\/a> running back Le’Veon Moss opted to retire, just a few days into his NFL career. Moss, who played collegiately at Texas A&M, was officially placed on the reserve\/retired list over the weekend. He will not be pursuing a future in football – at least as a player.<\/p>\n

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“The Miami Dolphins placed undrafted rookie RB Le\u2019Veon Moss, formerly of Texas A&M, on the reserve\/retired list. This happens just weeks after his signing as a UDFA,” David Furones reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

“In fact, Le\u2019Veon Moss officially signed on Friday, May 8, for the Dolphins\u2019 first day of rookie minicamp. Four days later, he\u2019s retired.”<\/p>\n

\"DetailedDetailed view of Dolphins<\/a> helmet. (Photo by Robin Alam\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Icon Sportswire&sol;Getty Images<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a second NFL rookie, Chicago Bears<\/a> wide receiver Squirrel White<\/a> opted to retire.<\/p>\n

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White played collegiately at Tennessee<\/a> and Florida State, totaling over 1,900 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. He suffered an apparent injury during an offseason practice in Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was walking into the Walter Payton Center Saturday as he was exiting the practice field with a trainer. This was during stretch. He did not return for practice,\u201d ESPN’s Courtney Cronin wrote in a post on X on May 9.<\/p>\n

Now, a third NFL rookie has opted to retire.<\/p>\n

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Third NFL rookie opts to retire<\/p>\n

Alex Bullock, a wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, has opted to retire before the start of the year.<\/p>\n

“Alex Bullock, who they signed as an undrafted free agent out of South Dakota State, is retiring from the NFL, the team announced. This is now the third undrafted NFL rookie to retire in the last week,” Ari Meirov reported.<\/p>\n

Playing in the NFL is a dream for many, but it’s not for everyone.<\/p>\n

These three NFL rookies have realized that very early.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on May 18, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A trio of undrafted NFL rookies have chosen to retire following the 2026 Draft. Miami Dolphins running back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[327465,64,63,1248,162,1237,1233,593,327464,85,321042,973,327466],"class_list":["post-679496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-alex-bullock","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chicago-bears","tag-dolphins","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-rb-leveon-moss","tag-sports","tag-squirrel-white","tag-tennessee","tag-udfa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679496","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=679496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}