{"id":22110,"date":"2025-05-06T01:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T01:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=22110"},"modified":"2025-05-06T01:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T01:48:37","slug":"%f0%9f%92%94-one-team-man-sam-hubbard-turns-down-nfl-offers-retires-as-a-bengal-forever-%f0%9f%8f%88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=22110","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udc94 One-Team Man: Sam Hubbard Turns Down NFL Offers, Retires as a Bengal Forever \ud83c\udfc8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCincinnati\u2019s own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/XqOxCW99tG1Y-xQXCJ-HNadKzHc=\/0x0:3748x2499\/1200x800\/filters:focal(1703x285:2301x883)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/74066822\/usa_today_24993890.0.jpg\" alt=\"NFL: Cincinnati Bengals at Tennessee Titans\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"eHmiLH\">After the Cincinnati Bengals ended their 2024 season, long-time defensive end and native son of Cincinnati Sam Hubbard chose to hang up his cleats and retire.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RMny5z\">Hubbard didn\u2019t have a stellar 2024 season, but in an odd way, his season ended beautifully. His last NFL snap was actually on offense, where he caught a touchdown pass from his college buddy, Joe Burrow.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tV52CA\">Sadly, Hubbard suffered a season-ending knee injury on the play.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1wpi8T\">At just 29, some thought Hubbard would be released and possibly sign elsewhere, but the \u201cCincinnati Kid\u201d didn\u2019t want to play anywhere else.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_7008,h_3942,x_0,y_730\/c_fill,w_1200,ar_4:3,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_bengals\/01jtg2s1r8x1wqamj3vs.jpg\" alt=\"Had Some Opportunities to Play Elsewhere' - Sam Hubbard Comments on Bengals  Retireme\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"r1RXCR\">Hubbard recently teamed up with Fifth Third Bank at an event to combat food insecurity and spoke to FOX 19 about his thought process leading up to retirement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Tx3UNB\">\u201cI had a great career. I had some opportunities to play elsewhere, but I really wanted to, you know, retire as a Bengal. It meant so much to me playing my whole career here, continuing to live here, and continuing to work with my foundation and expand our impact on Cincinnati for life. Bengal for life,\u201d said Hubbard. I\u2019m so happy with how everything played out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"srUQr2\">Hubbard\u2019s iconic \u201cHubbard Yard Dash\u201d fumble return against the Baltimore Ravens in 2022 will live in infamy. From watching games as a fan to making historic plays, Hubbard\u2019s career in Cincinnati will be remembered fondly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Cincinnatian for life, Bengal for life and I&#39;m so happy with how everything played out.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Sam Hubbard made his first public appearance today after retiring.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had opportunities to play for other organizations, but wanted to retire as a Bengal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/84CeB06kWE\">pic.twitter.com\/84CeB06kWE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX19Joe\/status\/1918410421352144989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Cincinnati\u2019s own.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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