{"id":34106,"date":"2025-07-30T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34106\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:38:10","slug":"two-young-nfl-players-call-it-quits-before-2025-season-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34106\/","title":{"rendered":"Two young NFL players call it quits before 2025 season kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A couple of experienced, but young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NFL players<\/a> recently made their shocking retirement announcements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">New York Jets running back Zach Evans, 24, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/washington-commanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Washington Commanders<\/a> offensive guard Nate Herbig, 27, each decided to call it quits this week. The decisions come shortly before the NFL opens the 2025 preseason with Thursday&#8217;s Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nfl-logo.jpg\" alt=\"The NFL logo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The NFL shield logo on the field at SoFi Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>Evans revealed his plans to retire on Monday. He was moved to New York&#8217;s reserve\/retired list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/giants-jets-head-coaches-speak-about-mass-shooting-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GIANTS, JETS HEAD COACHES SPEAK ABOUT MASS SHOOTING AT BUILDING OF NFL HEADQUARTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Evans finished his lone season at Ole Miss in 2022 with 936 rushing yards and nine touchdowns. His 6.5 average yards per carry led the vaunted SEC that season.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Rams drafted Evans in the sixth round in 2023. He appeared in 10 games in his rookie season. \u00a0Evans spent parts of the 2024 season on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Rams<\/a> and Jets practice squads.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/new-york-jets-zach-evans.jpg\" alt=\"Zach Evans New York Jets\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>New York Jets running back Braelon Allen, #0, and running back Zach Evans, #38, participate in a drill during training camp at Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park. New York, on July 23, 2025. (John Jones-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>One day after Evans announced his retirement plans, Herbig announced he would step away from the league.<\/p>\n<p>Herbig went undrafted in 2019. He ultimately spent the first three years of his professional football career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Philadelphia Eagles.<\/a> He also had a one-year stint with the Jets and a two-year run with the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/offensive-lineman-nate-herbig.jpg\" alt=\" Nate Herbig in a game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Eagles offensive guard Nate Herbig, #67, sets up to block during the game between the Washington Football Team and the Philadelphia Eagles on Jan. 3, 2021 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Andy Lewis\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Herbig signed with the Commanders earlier this offseason and is credited with 30 career starts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Training camps opened across the NFL last week. The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers will meet on Thursday in Canton, Ohio, to officially kick off the preseason.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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