Field Gulls · Jun 30, 2022
K.J. Wright won’t continue playing career anywhere else but the Seahawks
Veteran linebacker K.J. Wright remains unsigned after spending the 2021 season with the Las Vegas Raiders. While he played in every game with the Raiders, his snap count total plunged substantially — 425 defensive snaps is the fewest per game of his career — and his role was nothing like his days with the Seattle Seahawks.
At 32 years old (he’ll turn 33 next month), the sun is setting on his playing days, and he’s well aware. In an interview broadcast on SiriusXM, Wright told the “I Am Athlete Tonight ” show that if he is to continue playing, it has to be for the team that drafted him back in 2011. Otherwise, he seems to be content just retiring from NFL competition.
