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Russell Wilson announces NFL retirement after 14 seasons, will join CBS Sports

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Russell Wilson formally announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday after 14 seasons in the league, and reportedly plans to join CBS Sports as an NFL analyst during the 2026 season. The 37-year-old Wilson made the announcement with a 3-minute video tribute to his storied career in football.

Wilson has been in discussion to join CBS Sports’ NFL Today panel for a month, with reports of “deep talks” between the former Super Bowl XLVIII champion quarterback and CBS dropping May 1. He had previously been flirting with a return for his 15th NFL season, even reportedly meeting with the New York Jets last month. The Athletic‘s Zack Rosenblatt reported Wilson visited the Jets on April 28 just before the 2026 NFL Draft, but nothing came of the meeting.

But after 14 years, 10 Pro Bowls and nearly 47,000 passing yards, the 2020 Walter Payton Man of the Year is calling it a career. With the move to CBS Sports, Wilson will replace Matt Ryan, who left to join the Atlanta Falcons as the organization’s new president in January, on the NFL Today dais.

Check out Wilson’s announcement below:

Wilson played for four different NFL organizations over his 14-year career, though most of his on-field success came during his first decade with the Seattle Seahawks. Wilson rose to stardom in his first season with the Seahawks, earning Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year honors after being selected No. 75 overall in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft out of Wisconsin.

After 10 seasons in Seattle, during which he set multiple franchise passing records and led the Seahawks to a 43-8 win over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII, Wilson joined the Broncos in 2022 via trade. He’s spend two seasons in Denver before closing out his illustrious NFL career with one-year stints with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2024) and New York Giants (2025).

Wilson ranks 16th all-time in NFL history with 46,966 yards and 353 touchdowns on 64.6% passing (3,951-of-6,120), while adding 5,568 rushing yards and 31 scores on the ground during 14 regular seasons. Wilson finishes with a 121-80-1 career record as a starting quarterback, including eight seasons with 10 or more wins — all coming in Seattle. Since leaving the Seahawks, Wilson went a combined 17-27 over the past four seasons, including a dismal 4-11 record in his first season in Denver, and made the transition from starter to veteran backup after opening 0-3 last season with the Giants.