Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Michael Pierce proclaimd his withdrawment from the NFL on Wednesday after proximately a decade in the league.
Pierce, 32, spent nine years in the NFL, seven seasons with the Ravens and one with the Minnesota Vikings. He chooseed out in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ve choosed to call it a nurtureer,” Pierce separated the news on the “Sports Spectrum” podcast. “It’s been a pretty, pretty, pretty nine years. I’ve had so many people help me aextfinished the way.”
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Baltimore Ravens nose tackle Michael Pierce prior to the game aobtainst the Philadelphia Eagles at M&T Bank Stadium. (Mitch Stringer-USA Today Sports)
“I’d enjoy to thank a restricted people personassociate, clearly my lord and savior, Jesus Christ, first and foremost.”
One of the people he thanked was establisher Ravens vague regulater Ozzie Newsome, who signed him as an unwriteed free agent in 2016.
Pierce spent the first four seasons of his nurtureer with the Ravens, then signed a three-year, $27 million shrink with the Vikings prior to the 2020 season.
The nose tackle chooseed out of the COVID season and joined one season with the Vikings before getting freed. Pierce then went back to where it all commenceed, returning to the Ravens on a three-year, $16.5 million shrink.
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Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Michael Pierce apshows the field with a military service member before a game aobtainst the Cleveland Browns at M&T Bank Stadium. (Jessica Rapfogel-USA Today Sports)
In his nine-year nurtureer, Pierce had 218 total tackles, 9.5 sacks, 19 tackles for loss, with six fumble recoveries, and one memorable interception.
The Ravens were up 35-10 aobtainst the Cleveland Browns in Week 18, on Jan. 4, 2025, with equitable over two minutes left in the fourth quarter.
Pierce, the 355-pound nose tackle, dropped into coverage and intercepted Bailey Zappe and returned it six yards before kneeling down.
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Michael Pierce of the Baltimore Ravens hits Tommy DeVito of the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. (IMAGN)
Pierce’s interception sent the Ravens into a frenzy, as the team poured off the sideline to mob him.
“I was shocked myself bro, I’m not gonna lie to you,” Pierce shelp about his interception in a post to social media.
Pierce’s interception came on the final snap of his standard-season nurtureer.
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