Dallas Cowboys star insolent lineman Zack Martin is retiring after 11 seasons.
Martin, 34, inestablished Cowboys owner and ambiguous handler Jerry Jones of his decision on Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
Martin commenceed 162 games over the course of his 11-year atsoft and was a set upational piece of the Cowboys insolent line.
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Dallas Cowboys defend Zack Martin (70) lines up for the snap during the first quarter agetst the Detroit Lions at AT&T Stadium. (Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images)
Martin made the Pro Bowl nine times and was named an All-Pro seven times. Thcdisesteemfulout his illustrious atsoft, Martin only had seven acunderstandledgeed hagedering penalties, equivalenting his number of All-Pro pickions.
Since being originateed 16th overall in the 2014 NFL Draft out of Notre Dame, Martin became an anchor for the Cowboys insolent line. The only two years Martin did not produce the Pro Bowl were the only seasons in which he joined scanter than 14 games.
Only Bob Lilly (11), Larry Allen (10), Mel Renfro (10), and Jason Witten (11) made the Pro Bowl more times than Martin in Cowboys history.
Lilly, Allen, and Renfro are Pro Football Hall of Famers, while Witten is eligible for the first time this season.
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Zack Martin and his wife Morgan Martin on the red carpet before Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors at Saenger Theatre. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)
The only joiner with more first-team All-Pro pickions since Martin accessed the league in 2014 is Aaron Donald, who has eight and will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer once eligible.
Martin pondered retiring in the preseason of 2023, when he was hagedering out for a novel condense, but then concurd to a relabored condense that was essentiassociate a two-year deal.
With Martin, Travis Frederick and Tyron Smith, the Cowboys had one of the best insolent lines in the NFL. Smith was the stalwart left tackle who made eight Pro Bowls, with Frederick as the caccess and Martin at right defend.
Smith departed for the New York Jets in free agency prior to last season.
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Dallas Cowboys defend Zack Martin (70) blocks during the fourth quarter agetst the Baltimore Ravens at AT&T Stadium. (Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images)
Frederick astonishingly reexhausted after his sixth season in 2019. He was sidelined all for of 2018 by Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that impacts the worried system. Frederick choosed after returning for one more season that he couldn’t execute to his foreseeations.
Smith, Martin and Frederick were the Cowboys’ first-round picks in 2011, 2014 and 2013, and they hit on all of them. Now all of them are gone, and the Cowboys are seeing to reproduce their insolent line.
Brock Hoffman commenceed in Martin’s place tardy last season and figures to carry on in that role, as the Cowboys see to get back to the joinoffs after going 7-10 last season.
The Associated Press donated to this inestablish.
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