49ers center Alex Mack announces his retirement after 13 years in the NFL

the center of the San Francisco 49ers, Alex Mack, announced this Friday his retirement from the NFL after a 13-year career.

”After 13 years in the league, 204 games and a journey through three teams I have decided to hang up my boots. I am grateful for the game and everything it has given me, ”was the message that Mack shared through his social networks.

the native of Santa Barbara, California, He was considered one of the best centers in the NFL and proof of this was his seven selections to Probowl, the most recent in 2021, which he obtained throughout his journey through the league.

Mack, 36, came to the NFL in the 2009 Draft selected by the brownssquad in which he was until the 2015 season. With cleveland he started all 16 games he played in his rookie season.

In 2016 he signed with the Atlanta Falcons, team in which he remained five years; in 2021 he arrived at San Francisco, where he signed a contract for three years of which he only played one and now he decided it was time to retire.

In his farewell, he did not forget the supporters of the three teams he was in, to whom he dedicated each of his performances.

“Thanks to the fans who supported me through Cleveland, Atlanta and San Francisco, I loved playing for you, living every moment on the field with your screams, I dedicated my career to you,” he wrote.

The center also recalled the patience he found in each of the Browns, Falcons and 49ers coaches.

“I thank all the coaches who tolerated my stubbornness, I always tried to negotiate my way of seeing the game and I never let anyone doubt me.”

Of the 204 games he played during his time in the NFL, Mack started 196; in his last season with the coach’s team Kyle Shanahan He was the mainstay in the protection of quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, so he will leave a difficult hole to fill.

Among the options to replace him that remain in free agency, San Francisco has explored the possibility of incorporating former Cleveland Browns center Carl Tretter, cut a few weeks ago by the coach’s team. Kevin Stefanski.

With information from EFE