JC Tretter, a mainstay at center for the Cleveland Browns for five seasons, announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday.
Tretter, who spent nine seasons overall in the NFL, announced on Twitter that he was moving on from his playing career and was ready for the “next chapter.”
A fourth-round selection by the Green Bay Packers in 2013, Tretter could not find his way with the Packers as he missed his rookie season with an injury and then only played eight games his second year.
After seeing limited time in his third season with the Packers, Tretter signed with the Browns in free agency, and from 2017 to 2021 he was the centerpiece of one of the league’s best offensive lines.