{"id":139855,"date":"2026-03-16T18:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139855\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:36:10","slug":"former-eagles-cornerback-darius-slay-retires-after-13-nfl-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/139855\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Eagles cornerback Darius Slay retires after 13 NFL seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday after 13 seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This game put me in a position to take care of my family and loved ones and I&#8217;m forever grateful. It&#8217;s hard to say goodbye, but God has a new chapter for me and I&#8217;m ready to turn the page and start my new journey,&#8221; he wrote on a statement <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV8_qALDiFf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted to social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay Jr. (2) looks on during pre-game warm-ups before a game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Philadelphia.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/18721534_AP24345769672890.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay Jr. (2) looks on during pre-game warm-ups before a game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>(AP Photo\/Terrance Williams)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Slay was claimed by the Buffalo Bills on waivers last December after he was released by the Pittsburgh Steelers, but did not report to the team. Agent Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter then that his client chose not to report because he was contemplating his future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Slay, 35, played in 10 games for the Steelers last season, starting nine. He recorded three passes defensed, a fumble recovery and 36 total tackles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In 2024 he capped a five-year tenure with the Philadelphia Eagles by winning a Super Bowl with the franchise. He was released the next offseason, after which he signed with the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">A six-time Pro Bowler and a first-team All-Pro in 2017, Slay had 28 interceptions, 163 passes defended and 655 tackles in his 13-season career, which began with the Detroit Lions, who selected him in the second round of the 2013 draft out of Mississippi State.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday after 13 seasons. &#8220;This&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64163,11866,1421,139,1418,69,4538,71,70,64162],"class_list":["post-139855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-64163","tag-detroit-lions","tag-espn","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-slay-darius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}