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Tennessee Titans Veteran Edge Rusher Lorenzo Carter has retired a few days before the start of training camp, the team announced on Tuesday.
Carter, 29, signed a 1-year contract of $ 1.4 million with the titans during the free agency in front of the 2025 season. But according to Titan’s General Manager Mile Borgonzi, he only informed the team about his decision to retire on Monday – just two days before the start of the training camp.
“He informed us yesterday that he is retiring,” Borgonzi said, according to the team’s website. “So we wish him well.”
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Atlanta Falcons Linebacker Lorenzo Carter (0) looks at a common practice with Miami Dolphins on Baptist Health Training Complex on August 6, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Sam Navarro-usa Today Sports)
Carter played in the NFL for seven seasons after New York Giants chose him in the third round of the NFL draft in 2018 out of Georgia.
The Edge Rusher spent the first four seasons of Giants before joining his hometown of Atlanta Falcons in the last three seasons of his career.
Carter started 62 of his 96 career games in the NFL. He started only two of his 15 matches in his rookie year, but after that he became a regular starter with Giants.
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Tennessee Titans Linebacker Lorenzo Carter (54) comes in place for an exercise under MiniCamp practice at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (IMagn)
For four seasons with Giants, Carter had 153 combined tackles, 14.5 sacks, an interception, 15 passports defended, five forced fumbles and four fumble recovery.
After his four -year -old stint with Giants, Carter signed a one -year contract of $ 3.5 million with Falcons. Carter started all 17 games that season and parlayed it for a two-year contract of $ 9 million the following season.
Atlanta Falcons Linebacker Lorenzo Carter (0) celebrates after a defensive stop against Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 22, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Brett Davis-Preferred Pictures)
Last season, Carter started 11 of the 13 games he played in, and had 32 combined tackles and no sacks for Falcons.
Without Carter, the Titans have seven Edge Rushers on their list: Arden Key, Dre’mont Jones, Femi Oladejo, Jaylen Harrell, Ali Gaye, Titus Leo and Desmond Evans.
