Free agent defensive tackle Terrance Knighton is retiring after eight NFL seasons, reports Adam Schefter of ESPN (Twitter link). The 30-year-old will pursue a career in coaching, Schefter adds.
A third-round pick out of Temple in 2009, Knighton spent the first four years of his playing career with the Jaguars before signing with the Broncos in 2013. Knighton was at his best in Denver, where he started in all 32 of his regular-season appearances overall and, in 2014, was part of the NFL’s second-best run defense. The man known as “Pot Roast” finished as Pro Football Focus’ 12th-ranked D-tackle that year, and he left the Broncos the next offseason to sign with the Redskins.
Knighton started in all 15 of his appearances in Washington in 2015, which will go down as his final season. Although he inked a one-year, $4.5MM deal with the Patriots last April, he was unable to make the eventual Super Bowl champions’ roster. They cut Knighton prior to Week 1, and he nearly went on to reunite with the Redskins. However, no deal materialized after he met with them in October.
Knighton’s career concludes with 108 appearances, 96 of which were starts, as well as 14 sacks. PFR wishes him well as he looks to enter the coaching ranks.
Pot Roast!
Whoever picked that picture to use deserves a raise!