SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers center Weston Richburg has retired after a knee injury derailed his career.
The 29-year-old Richburg, who played collegiately at Colorado State, officially announced his retirement Wednesday. He missed the entire 2020 season recovering from knee surgery and remained on San Francisco’s roster until now to delay some of the salary cap impact until 2021.
Richburg signed a five-year, $47.5 million contract with the Niners in 2018 after spending his first four seasons with the New York Giants.
Richburg played 15 games in 2018 as the anchor on San Francisco’s line and 13 more the following season before going down with a torn right patellar tendon in a Week 14 win at New Orleans.