Veteran Seahawks running back Chris Carson is retiring from the NFL at the age of 27 due to a lingering neck injury, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Carson will not make an official retirement statement, on the off chance that his neck dramatically improves. However, Seattle plans to release him with a failed physical designation, which will allow the star ballcarrier to recoup several million dollars in injury protection benefits under the collective bargaining agreement, per Rapoport.
After re-signing a two-year contract with Seattle in the spring of 2021, Carson sustained a neck injury in Week 4 of the following regular season.