Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett says he considered quitting the NFL during his indefinite suspension last season for hitting Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph with Rudolph's helmet during an altercation in November.
"I did [consider retirement]," Garrett told Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com in an interview released Wednesday. "Whether it was because of their decision or my decision, it was whether this was going to continue."
The 24-year-old Texas A&M product, who was reinstated in February, has maintained Rudolph used a racial slur amid the confrontation, telling ESPN's Mina Kimes: "He called me the N-word.