Rashaad Penny looks on.Rashaad Penny (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
It is truly the end of an era for Rashaad Penny.

Rashaad Penny, a first-round pick in the 2018 NFL draft, has announced he is hanging up his cleats and riding off into the sunset to retire after six seasons in the league.

The Carolina Panthers placed Penny on the reserve/retired list on Tuesday.

He is just 28-years-old.

The decision to retire came just days after Rashaad Penny told Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer that he could still be one of the best running backs in the NFL.

“I’ve always believed in myself, knowing my capabilities,” Penny said. “I think everybody else knows that when I’m healthy, I’m probably, like, a top running back in the league. I know my place. I know what I can do. So I just keep striving from there.”

 

Penny had just signed a one-year deal with Carolina in May, which reunited him with Panthers head coach Dave Canales, who was on Pete Carroll’s crewwith the Seattle Seahawks during his first five seasons in the league.

Rashaad Penny Leaves The NFL With Unfulfilled High Expectations

Penny entered the league with high expectations as a first-round pick, but things never panned out that way for him.

His tenure with the Seahawks began with him making 24 appearances across the 2018 and ’19 seasons. However, he was not logging a heavy workload but did manage to score six total touchdowns.

In the years since, he has been marred by nagging injuries, which likely helped him make his decision to retire.

The 28-year-old was limited to just three games in 2020, but would have his best year in 2021 when he scored six touchdowns while leading the NFL with a 6.3 yards per carry average.

Rashard Penny has played in just 45 games with just 11 starts in his NFL career.

PHOTOS: Seattle Seahawks’ 1st-Round Pick Gets Exposed By Transgender Adult Star For Allegedly Owing Her Thousands Of Dollars For Her Services

Byron Murphy II looks on during practice.Byron Murphy II (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Byron Murphy II has some significant explaining to do in his household.

The defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks was in the midst of getting ready for the 2024 season when his team posted a simple video of him and others coming out to the training camp field to greet fans and get to work.

That post ended up getting some extra attention after a transgender adult star took to X, formerly Twitter, and exposed Byron Murphy for not only dealing with a transgender but owing her money.

Head Huncho, as the transgender describes herself on X, said that Murphy blocked her off his and his fiancee’s page, knowing that he owes her $15,000. “Maybe this will get his attention.”

She further added, “He play games and played with the wrong one!” as she tagged the Seattle Seahawks X account.

“He likes trans instead of paying, he wanna go viral. Tag him, his fiancee, team.”

To further her claims, she posted messages from Instagram showing his account and asking her to do sexual things to him, most recently from the 20 to the 22nd.

He tried to cover his tracks by putting the messages in vanish mode, which automatically deletes them once you close the chat.

It’s 2024, and a lot of people have a second phone they could take pictures from. Unfortunately, Byron Murphy got caught.

This Is An Embarrassing Start To The Career of DT Byron Murphy II

Byron Murphy II, who was named the Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2023, was selected by the Seahawks in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft, per Wikipedia.

He is already off to a rough start after being exposed by a transgender adult star.

When things hit social media, they don’t take long for them to go viral, and you can only expect that his teammates have seen the things surrounding his name.

Not to mention, his opponents will likely use this information to get in his head on the field.