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NFL kicker Josh Lambo introduced Friday morning that he was hanging up the cleats — each the soccer cleats, and the soccer ones. At the age of 32, he’s retiring from skilled sports activities.
“Today, I formally retire from professional sports activities,” Lambo wrote on Twitter. “4 years in MLS and seven within the NFL have led me to issues I may solely dream of, and now I need to assist others accomplish their targets as I turn out to be a speaker and creator. Thank you to the followers that supported me and the teammates I labored (with).”
While Lambo was a first-round decide of FC Dallas, he went undrafted within the NFL out of Texas A&M again in 2015. Lambo acquired his begin with the San Diego Chargers, and performed in all 16 video games in each the 2015 and 2016 seasons, changing 52 of 64 discipline targets, and 70 of 78 further factors.
Lambo signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2017, and performed 46 video games for the franchise. In all, he transformed 76 of 83 discipline targets, and 73 of 81 further factors. In 2019, Lambo was named a Second Team All-Pro after lacking simply one among 34 discipline aim makes an attempt, and one among his 20 further level makes an attempt.
While Lambo’s profession will not be outlined by what occurred throughout his ultimate season in Jacksonville, he supplied the ultimate straw that broke the camel’s again when it got here to the disastrous Urban Meyer tenure, because the kicker accused the Jaguars’ first-year head coach of kicking him earlier than the staff’s ultimate preseason recreation that yr. Meyer was fired lower than 24 hours after Lambo’s allegations. Lambo truly sued the Jaguars over the incident.
Lambo retires having made the third-most discipline targets in Jaguars historical past behind Josh Scobee and Mike Hollis. He by no means missed a discipline aim for Jacksonville between 20 and 39 yards.
Lambo wrapped up his NFL profession with the rival Tennessee Titans in 2022. He kicked in a single recreation — a Thursday night time upset win over the Green Bay Packers — the place Lambo transformed 3 of 4 further factors.
