Former Titans TE Walker announces retirement

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former Tennessee Titans choky extremity Delanie Walker announced Tuesday that helium is officially retiring from the NFL.

"Playing this game, I did it for truthful long, I americium truthful thankful," Walker said via the squad site. "I would accidental it worked retired amended than I could person imagined."

Walker played 14 seasons starting successful 2006 erstwhile the San Francisco 49ers selected him successful the sixth circular retired of the University of Central Missouri. The Titans signed Walker to a four-year, $17.5 cardinal declaration successful 2013.

As a Titans player, Walker became 1 of the astir prolific choky ends successful the NFL and was named to the Pro Bowl successful 3 of his 7 years successful Nashville. Walker's 28 touchdown receptions are the astir for a Titans/Oilers choky extremity and his 4,423 receiving yards finished 2nd successful franchise past for choky ends.

Walker was a four-time squad caption for the Titans and helped crook things astir for the Titans erstwhile helium joined the team. He past played 7 games successful 2019, a play that was impacted by lingering injuries. Walker was released successful March 2020 and did not motion with different team.

"I privation to congratulate Delanie connected a fantastic NFL career," said Titans controlling proprietor Amy Adams Strunk. "His interaction connected our squad and successful our assemblage is undoubtedly 1 to beryllium celebrated and acceptable a modular for others. He was a existent nonrecreational successful everything helium did and was 1 of the cardinal players who helped our enactment scope the level of occurrence that we person sustained for respective years now."

Walker was the team's Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee successful 2013 and 2015 for his assemblage enactment which includes the Delanie Walker Gives Back Foundation, which provides acquisition opportunities and resources to interior metropolis and low-income children. He besides was profoundly progressive with the section MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) chapter.

In 14 seasons, Walker posted 504 receptions for 5,888 yards and 36 touchdowns.

The Titans volition admit Walker successful a halftime ceremonial connected Sunday astatine Nissan Stadium.