NFL linebacker Tahir Whitehead announced his retirement from the league on Friday afternoon at the Detroit Lions facility in Allen Park. Whitehead enjoyed 10 seasons in the NFL, playing for four different teams: the Raiders, Panthers, Cardinals, and, of course, the Lions.
Whitehead hasn’t played in Detroit since 2017, yet he wanted to announce his retirement in Detroit. The Lions were the team that drafted him in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft and eventually developed him into a starter. Whitehead was basically a full-time starter from 2014 to 2019, tallying at least 100 tackles in four of those six seasons.