CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker Thomas Davis will end his NFL career where it began in 2005.
Davis, 37, announced Wednesday on Instagram he will sign a one-day contract with the Carolina Panthers on March 11 so he can retire with the club. He was released by the Washington Football Team earlier in the day.
"I will officially be returning to the place my heart has been all along,'' Davis wrote on Instagram. "[Panthers] thank you from the bottom of my heart for this opportunity."
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Davis played his first 14 seasons with Carolina after being selected with the 14th pick of the 2005 NFL draft out of Georgia.