Following nine Pro Bowls and two decades in the NFL, Jason Peters’ career has come to its close.
Peters is retiring as an NFL player, Seahawks general manager John Schneider told reporters Tuesday in Indianapolis at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine.
Schneider said Peters, who played his last NFL game in 2023 for the Seahawks, would assist Seattle vice president of player affairs Maurice Kelly. The team later announced Peters would be a veteran mentor in the front office.
Peters, 43, was a two-time All-Pro, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame All-2010s Team and earned a Super Bowl ring with the 2017 Philadelphia Eagles, though he was injured and did not play in the game.
An undrafted free agent who could very well make his way to Canton and the Hall of Fame, Peters began his career with the Buffalo Bills, playing in Upstate New York from 2004-08, before he was traded to Philly and continued his Pro Bowl play and became one of the NFL’s elite left tackles. Peters, who battled injuries throughout his career including missing all of 2012 with a ruptured Achilles, was with the Eagles from 2009-2019, a key cog in an offensive line that would build a reputation as being one of the best in the league. That legacy continued after his departure in 2021 when he played for the Chicago Bears and his career began winding down with single seasons played in the Windy City, then for the Dallas Cowboys and finally the Seahawks in 2023.
Peters was on the Seattle practice squad last year before ending his career quietly with a trip to the practice squad injured reserve.
Having played on the defensive line before transitioning to tight end at Arkansas, Peters brought his athleticism with him to offensive tackle in the NFL. At 6-foot-4, 328 pounds, he wasn’t mammoth by modern NFL standards, but his versatility, coachability and high football IQ made him a surprising standout.
Now, perhaps those same traits will lend themselves to a fruitful post-playing career.