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TAMPA (SNN-TV) – Bucs guard Ali Marpet is coming off the best season of his career and apparently he plans for it to be his last.
The Buccaneers guard announced via Instagram on Sunday that he is retiring from the NFL.
The 28-year-old Marpet was a Pro Bowler in 2021, his seventh season.
The Bucs claimed Marpet in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft, making him the first player selected from Hobart College since 1937, and the highest-drafted Division III prospect of all time.
Marpet started in all 101 games he appeared in, serving at both guard and center, while missing just 12 games.
The Bucs have now lost two starters to retirement this offseason in Marpet and Tom Brady.
Marpet’s departure frees up $10 million in cash for the club in 2022.
