{"id":464853,"date":"2026-02-10T01:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464853\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T01:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:44:10","slug":"chargers-ex-starter-announces-nfl-comeback-3-years-after-surprise-retirement-from-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/464853\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers&#8217; ex-starter announces NFL comeback 3 years after surprise retirement from football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nasir Adderley shocked the NFL three years ago when he chose to retire.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/los-angeles-chargers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> defensive back was just 25 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Now at age 28, Adderley wants a do-over. He&#8217;s coming back to football.<\/p>\n<p>Adderley\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUjRhzwksw6\/\">wrote on social media<\/a>\u00a0on Monday that he wants to return to the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s now been three years since I left the NFL, and I am extremely happy with my development,\u201d Adderley wrote. \u201cHealth, family, and entrepreneurship were my top priorities, and I\u2019m proud of what I\u2019ve been able to accomplish. The freedom to manage my own schedule was very important to me, but what I didn\u2019t realize was how much I\u2019d miss having football in my life. The competition, the brotherhood, and just being involved in the game that means so much to me and my family. Therefore, I am officially announcing my intention to return to the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/news\/chiefs-plan-travis-kelce-retirement-decision-revealed-nfl-insider\/f219fe2995427b2d9987dcf2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The latest on Travis Kelce&#8217;s retirement timeline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adderley was a Chargers&#8217; second-round pick in 2019 out of Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>He played 50 games in four seasons for the Chargers, grabbing three interceptions and racking up 232 tackles.<\/p>\n<p>His rookie contract had expired at the time he retired, which means that he is a free agent upon his return to the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;d be a speculative add, but all he needs is one team to believe that his past ability is still in there. Frankly, there&#8217;s no reason to believe he can&#8217;t still got the job done, as he should still be in his athletic prime.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be fascinating to hear more about Adderley&#8217;s journey outside the NFL, and now he&#8217;s back.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nasir Adderley shocked the NFL three years ago when he chose to retire. The Los Angeles Chargers defensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-464853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}