Seattle running back Chris Carson announced Tuesday he will be retiring due to a chronic neck injury after five seasons in the NFL.
The 27-year-old out of Oklahoma State was one of the league’s fiercest runners when healthy. Carson rushed for 1,100-plus yards in both 2018 and 2019, but the neck injury limited him to only four games in 2021.
This is a blow to the Seahawks backfield, but not an unexpected one. Seattle prepared by drafting Kenneth Walker III in the second round of the NFL draft after signing Rashaad Penny to a one-year, $5.