Seattle Seahawks middle Connor Williams has retired due to private causes, coach Mike Macdonald mentioned on Friday.
The Seahawks coach mentioned Williams’ departure didn’t have something to do with the ACL harm he sustained final yr that required surgical procedure.
“We’re going to honor his needs and maintain all these causes and conversations non-public for apparent causes, and I want them the perfect,” Macdonald mentioned.
Williams, in his seventh NFL season, signed a one-year contract in August and began in each recreation this season.
The 27-year outdated had not taken half in apply this week. The Seahawks (4-5) go to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
Williams was drafted within the second spherical by the Cowboys in 2018 and spent his first 4 seasons with Dallas earlier than taking part in for 2 years with Miami. He tore his ACL final December.
Williams is anticipated to get replaced by Olu Oluwatimi, a fifth-round choose in 2023, who made one begin final yr and has appeared in 4 video games this season.
“Clearly it’s an unexpected circumstance that you simply’ve form of obtained to tackle head-on, however the silver lining in the entire thing is we get to see Olu go do his factor,” Macdonald mentioned. “This man has been working actually arduous. Principally began at middle for us the entire offseason till we signed Connor.”
