Dont’a Hightower says goodbye to football. The 33-year-old linebacker announced his retirement on Twitter and wrote an emotional statement on theplayerstribune.com website thanking his franchise, the New England Patriots: “Today I am officially retiring from the NFL I know these announcements always feel bittersweet, but I can’t think of a better story than the one I wrote in New England.A decade, three Super Bowls, two Pro Bowls, and the birth of my son—and all of that ’cause I played for a franchise. How many people have a story like that?” The American played for the Patriots for nine seasons in the NFL and was able to celebrate three Super Bowl wins with the team. Most memorable is his strip sack once morest Matt Ryan in the 2017 Super Bowl once morest the Falcons, which started the most legendary comeback in NFL history.
