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RB Darren Sproles to Retire After 2019 Season Concludes

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports

Philadelphia Eagles running back Darren Sproles is retiring from the NFL after the 2019–20 season.

Sproles, a fourth-round pick to the San Diego Chargers in the 2005 NFL draft, is fifth all-time in NFL history in all-purpose yards, after successful stints with the Chargers, Saints and Eagles.

"I owe so much to the game of football and I gave it all I had in return," he said in a post on the Eagles' official website. "I gave it everything I had on every play. I rode it until the wheels fell off.