Former Los Angeles Rams vast receiver Allen Robinson II formally closed the e-book on an 11-year NFL profession Monday, saying his retirement on his thirty third birthday.
“To each love story, there comes a last chapter,” Robinson wrote on Instagram. “Soccer gave me greater than I ever might’ve imagined.”
For Rams followers, Robinson’s chapter in Los Angeles will likely be remembered much less as a love story and extra as an costly experiment that by no means fairly labored.
Coming off their Tremendous Bowl LVI championship, the Rams signed Robinson to a three-year, $46.5 million contract in March 2022, envisioning the previous Professional Bowler as one other harmful weapon for Matthew Stafford alongside then-Ram Cooper Kupp.
The wedding seemed terrific on paper. On Sundays, the chemistry by no means materialized.
Robinson appeared in 10 video games throughout an injury-riddled, disastrous title-defense season for Los Angeles, catching 33 passes for 339 yards and one landing. His season ended early due to a foot harm and, by the next April, the Rams had seen sufficient, buying and selling him to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
It was a forgettable cease inside an in any other case spectacular profession.
A second-round choose by Jacksonville in 2014, Robinson blossomed right into a Professional Bowl receiver and finally produced three 1,000-yard seasons. He later performed for Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit, ending with 565 receptions, 7,058 receiving yards and 43 touchdowns in 139 regular-season video games.
Robinson final performed for his hometown Lions in 2024 and sat out all the 2025 season earlier than making his retirement official Monday.
“I got here, I noticed, I conquered and I go away with nothing however gratitude,” Robinson wrote.
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