Browns’ Rodney McLeod Jr. says he’ll retire after 2024 season

Cleveland Browns security Rodney McLeod Jr. says the 2024 season, which might be his thirteenth within the NFL, would be the last certainly one of his profession.

“That is the final lap for me,” McLeod stated Monday throughout an look on NFL Community’s “NFL Whole Entry.”

McLeod, who flip 34 in June, signed a one-year deal this offseason to return to Cleveland for a second season.

McLeod initially entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent out of Virginia in 2012. He spent the primary 4 seasons of his profession with the Rams after which performed the following six with the Eagles, who gained Tremendous Bowl LII within the 2017 season. McLeod spent the 2022 season with the Colts earlier than signing a one-year deal to affix Cleveland, the place he began 5 video games earlier than sustaining a season-ending biceps harm in Week 11.

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“[I] simply felt as if final 12 months was left incomplete,” McLeod stated. “I needed a whole 12 months. I satisfaction myself on availability and being sturdy. And so, for me this 12 months, it is ending unfinished enterprise, I’d say.”

McLeod has appeared in 166 video games and made 143 begins in his profession. In 2022, he was awarded the Alan Web page Neighborhood Award by the NFL Gamers Affiliation for his philanthropic work in Philadelphia.