When Jon Beason was healthy, there were few linebackers in the NFL who could match him.
But it has been a long time since Beason was healthy. After not missing a game in his first four seasons, Beason missed 51 games in his final five seasons.
He retired in February, and the former Carolina Panthers’ linebacker opened up to the Observer last week at a celebrity golf tournament about the decision.
“You want to play at such a high level. You go through the rehabs and you try to have some type of offseason workouts where when you are coming back from injury, that’s what you miss,” Beason said Thursday at the HoopTee Golf Classic.