Dolphins RB Arian Foster Announces Retirement
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami Dolphins running back Arian Foster is retiring from the NFL.
The eight-year veteran made the announcement on "Uninterrupted" late Monday evening.
BREAKING NEWS: @ArianFoster announces his retirement on UNINTERRUPTED. His story on why he's walking away. pic.twitter.com/FK09XpkqUo
— UNINTERRUPTED (@uninterrupted) October 25, 2016
Foster signed a one-year contract worth $1.5 million with the Dolphins in the offseason.
The injury-prone back was coming off a ruptured Achilles tendon. He suffered the injury, ironically, against the Dolphins.
This season he battled a groin injury that knocked him out of a few games and paved the way for second-year running back Jay Ajayi.
Ajayi literally ran away with the job, rushing for over 200 yards in back-to-back weeks.
But over the course his career, Foster was no slouch.
During his eight years in the league, Foster was the epitome of a dual-threat back. He toted the ball 1,476 times for 6,527 yards and 54 touchdowns. He also caught 255 passes for 2,346 yards and 14 additional scores.
