Back to the Top News Newsfeed

Darren Sproles to retire after 2019 season

The long, illustrious career of Darren Sproles is coming to an end.

After 15 years, three Pro Bowls, two First-Team All-Pro selections and a Super Bowl victory in 2017, the Philadelphia Eagles announced Sproles will retire at the end of the season.

A fourth round pick out of Kansas State in the 2005 NFL Draft, the 5-foot-6 running back became one of the league’s most well-known multi-purpose players — first with the San Diego Chargers and continuing on with the New Orleans Saints and Eagles.

Sproles, who is currently on injured reserve with a hip injury, will finish with the NFL’s fifth-most all-purpose yards (19,696), behind only Jerry Rice, Brian Mitchell, Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith.