Super Bowl-winning NFL kicker announces retirement

Super Bowl-winning NFL kicker announces retirement

Mason Crosby is hanging up his cleats. 

The longtime Packers kicker announced his retirement Tuesday on “The Mason Crosby Show” after 17 NFL seasons.

“So, so thankful,” Crosby said. “So grateful for the opportunity to come to Green Bay to become a Packer, to be part of that fraternity and legacy and the history of the Green Bay Packers.”

Crosby, 40, is the Packers’ all-time leader in points.

Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby celebrates after kicking the game winning field goal during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sept. 26, 2021.
Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby celebrates after kicking the game winning field goal during the second half of an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sept. 26, 2021. AP

He spent 16 of his 17 years in Green Bay after the franchise drafted him in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL draft.

After leaving Green Bay after the 2022 season, Crosby had a brief three-game stint with the Giants in late 2023 and would later sit out the 2024 season. 

“I think I’ve been putting this off for two years,” Crosby said during his retirement announcement. “I think this stubbornness served me so well in my playing career.

“I’m not riding off into the sunset. I always was so worried and fearful of being done with something, being done with an end of a career. I found things I’m chasing, I found things I’m pᴀssionate about.”

Mason Crosby celebrating a field goal in 2020.
Mason Crosby celebrating a field goal in 2020. Getty Images

Crosby, who hit 12 game-winning field goals for Green Bay throughout his career and was part of the Super Bowl-winning 2010 team, specifically thanked his former quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, while acknowledging those around him as he announced he was stepping away from the game. 

“He had my back in the good, the bad and ugly,” Crosby said. “I can’t say enough about my good friend Aaron Rodgers and what he’s meant to me and my family … It’s about the fans, it’s about the people, my teammates. For me, everything I remember and everything I think about is the team.”

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